My health smartphone intervention decreases daily fat sources among Latina breast cancer survivors

Buscemi, Joanna; Oswald, Laura B.; Baik, Sharon H.; Buitrago, Diana; Iacobelli, Francisco; Phillips, Siobhan M.; Perez-Tamayo, Alejandra; Guitelman, Judy; Penedo, Frank J.; Yanez, Betina

doi:10.1007/s10865-020-00136-3

Published: 22 January 2020

My health smartphone intervention decreases daily fat sources among Latina breast cancer survivors

Joanna Buscemi ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0003-3829-2515^1,2,
Laura B. Oswald^3,4,
Sharon H. Baik³,
Diana Buitrago³,
Francisco Iacobelli⁵,
Siobhan M. Phillips⁶,
Alejandra Perez-Tamayo⁷,
Judy Guitelman⁸,
Frank J. Penedo⁹ &
Betina Yanez³

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Breast cancer is the most common cancer among Latina women, and Latina women are at higher risk for breast cancer mortality than white women. Lifestyle factors, such as consuming a nutritious diet and engaging in regular physical activity, promote health and are protective against heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and breast cancer recurrence. Previous studies have developed and tested interventions for Latina breast cancer survivors to improve diet and increase physical activity, however, no studies to date have developed a smartphone delivered intervention. The purpose of the current study was to compare two Smartphone delivered interventions, My Health, which focused on diet and physical activity, and My Guide, which focused on psychosocial functioning, on dietary and physical activity outcomes, post-intervention, and at a 2-week follow-up assessment. Overall, participants receiving the My Health intervention reported a greater reduction in daily fat sources than the My Guide group over time. However, daily sources of fat did not differ between conditions. Walking, measured by estimated weekly metabolic equivalents, increased across time points in both groups. These preliminary findings suggest that eHealth interventions aimed at improving lifestyle factors may favorably impact nutritional intake and physical activity. Future research should utilize more comprehensive and objective measures of diet and physical activity, and incorporate more behavioral lifestyle components into the intervention in larger samples with a longer follow-up period.

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Research reported in this publication was supported in part by the National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute Grants U54-CA-202995, U54-CA-202997, and U54-CA-203000. Authors LBO and SHB were supported by the National Cancer Institute training Grant T32-CA-193193. SMP was supported by K07CA196840. The content reported here is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

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Department of Psychology, DePaul University, 2219 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL, 60614, USA
Joanna Buscemi
Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Joanna Buscemi
Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
Laura B. Oswald, Sharon H. Baik, Diana Buitrago & Betina Yanez
Health Outcomes and Behavior Program, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
Laura B. Oswald
Department of Computer Science, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL, USA
Francisco Iacobelli
Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
Siobhan M. Phillips
Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Alejandra Perez-Tamayo
ALAS-WINGS, Latina Association for Breast Cancer, Chicago, IL, USA
Judy Guitelman
Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA
Frank J. Penedo

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Buscemi, J., Oswald, L.B., Baik, S.H. et al. My health smartphone intervention decreases daily fat sources among Latina breast cancer survivors. J Behav Med 43, 732–742 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-020-00136-3

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Received: 16 September 2019
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Breast cancer
Lifestyle
Diet
Physical activity
eHealth
Latina