A Community Dance Intervention Engaging Breast Cancer Survivors in a Middle-income Country

Summary

Interventions to promote physical activity among women breast cancer survivors (BCS) in low to middle-income countries are limited. We conducted a study to assess the acceptability and preliminary effectiveness of an 8-week, 3 times/week group dance intervention for BCS delivered in Bogotá, Colombia. The effect of the intervention on participants' physical activity levels, motivation to engage in physical activity, and quality of life were evaluated, and interviews were thematically analyzed to assess program acceptability.

Conditions

• Physical Inactivity
• Breast Cancer

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

My Body, My Rhythm, My Voice

My Body was a behavioral intervention informed by the social cognitive and self-determination theories. Based on the discussions and a systematic review of the literature, we designed the 8-week, 3 times/week rumba physical activity intervention. The goal of the intervention was to gradually increase all participants' physical activity levels to achieve significant health benefits. As part of the physical activity intervention, participants were also taught by their instructor during each class how to utilize behavioral and cognitive self-regulatory skills to increase and maintain their physical activity participation. Examples of such skills were action planning, coping planning, counter conditioning, self-evaluation, among others.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Stanford University

  collaborator OTHER

• Universidad Manuela Beltrán

  collaborator OTHER

• Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

  collaborator OTHER

• Hospital de San Jose

  collaborator OTHER

• University of California, Los Angeles

  collaborator OTHER

• National Institutes of Health (NIH)

  collaborator NIH

• National Cancer Institute (NCI)

  collaborator NIH

• Olga Lucia Sarmiento

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Olga Lucía Sarmiento, PhD · Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia

Study Design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2019-03-01

Primary Completion

2019-11-30

Completion

2020-08-31

Countries

• Colombia

Study Locations