TY - JOUR
T1 - Using single-system analyses to assess the effectiveness of an exercise intervention on quality of life for hispanic breast cancer survivors
T2 - A pilot study
AU - Hughes, Daniel C.
AU - Leung, Patrick
AU - Naus, Mary J.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported in part by a cancer prevention fellowship from National Cancer Institute grant R25 CA57730 to Robert M. Chamberlain, PhD, Principal Investigator.
PY - 2008/5/15
Y1 - 2008/5/15
N2 - Stress is associated with many health maladies, including cancers. Exercise is an effective stress-management tool and is important for physical health. The number of Hispanic women who engage in enough exercise is low. Thus, promoting exercise for this population is of critical importance. Individual effectiveness of behavioral interventions can often be lost in group analyses. Therefore, we employed both group analyses and single-system methodology to test the effectiveness of an exercise program for 25 Hispanic breast cancer survivors. Measures of physical fitness, quality of life, self-reported stress, and salivary cortisol were taken repeatedly before, during, and after the intervention. The intervention improved physical fitness, reduced perceived stress, and decreased cortisol levels as evidenced by both group and single-system analyses.
AB - Stress is associated with many health maladies, including cancers. Exercise is an effective stress-management tool and is important for physical health. The number of Hispanic women who engage in enough exercise is low. Thus, promoting exercise for this population is of critical importance. Individual effectiveness of behavioral interventions can often be lost in group analyses. Therefore, we employed both group analyses and single-system methodology to test the effectiveness of an exercise program for 25 Hispanic breast cancer survivors. Measures of physical fitness, quality of life, self-reported stress, and salivary cortisol were taken repeatedly before, during, and after the intervention. The intervention improved physical fitness, reduced perceived stress, and decreased cortisol levels as evidenced by both group and single-system analyses.
KW - Exercise
KW - Hispanic
KW - Single-system
KW - Stress
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U2 - 10.1080/00981380801970871
DO - 10.1080/00981380801970871
M3 - Article
C2 - 18956514
AN - SCOPUS:58149144785
SN - 0098-1389
VL - 47
SP - 73
EP - 91
JO - Social Work in Health Care
JF - Social Work in Health Care
IS - 1
ER -