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A Pilot Feasibility Study of a Group-Based Remote-Delivered Dyadic Exercise Intervention in Hispanic Men With
Meghan B Skiba1,2, Juan Contreras1,3, Marjorie A Nelson1
1Nursing and Health Sciences Division, College of Nursing, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Purpose:
The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility and acceptability of a Hispanic adapted culturally relevant Exercising Together© intervention (HACER) through a single-arm pilot in post-treatment Hispanic men with prostate cancer and their caregivers.
Methods:
Dyads participated together in a live, remote group-based 12-week exercise intervention with resistance training three times a week. Primary outcomes were intervention feasibility and acceptability. Secondary outcomes were measures of physical and psychosocial health. Assessments were completed at baseline and post-intervention. Mean difference and effect sizes were calculated to determine intervention effects.
Results:
Accrual of eligible dyads was 75%. Fourteen eligible dyads were allocated to intervention. Attendance averaged 62%. Retention was 79% with 95% assessment completion. Participants rated HACER as acceptable and 86% would recommend the program to other dyads. Self-reported physical activity level and objective physical function improved for survivors and caregivers, with clinically significant improvement in caregiver depressive symptoms.
Conclusions:
HACER was feasible and acceptable with modest improvements in physical and psychosocial health, especially for Hispanic survivors. HACER shows promise as a scalable intervention to improve health outcomes for Hispanic cancer survivors and caregivers when they train together; a larger, fully powered efficacy trial is warranted.
