Mila Blooms Intervention Study
Status: | Completed |
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Conditions: | Cancer |
Therapuetic Areas: | Oncology |
Healthy: | No |
Age Range: | 12 - 19 |
Updated: | 10/2/2013 |
Start Date: | April 2011 |
End Date: | August 2013 |
Contact: | Sharnail Bazemore |
Email: | sharnail.bazemore@duke.edu |
Phone: | 919-684-2340 |
This study is focused on the development and pilot/feasibility testing of a smartphone
application to promote a healthy diet, increase physical activity, and prevent weight gain
in adolescent survivors of childhood cancer.
While successful advancements in treatment for childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
have resulted in a growing cohort of survivors, these survivors are at risk for a number of
long-term health problems. This study proposes to develop and conduct feasibility testing
for a smartphone application that would deliver a health behavior intervention to this
population.
A formative phase focused on intervention and software development will be followed by a
pilot/feasibility test of the intervention. Participants in the intervention will receive a
customized study-designed mobile phone app with a social networking component in which users
will be able to support one another. They will also receive personal support from a health
counselor to help set goals and discuss areas of concern.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Participants must speak & read/write fluent English;
- Adolescent must be between 12 and 19 years of age;
- Adolescent must have a previous diagnosis of childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia;
- Adolescent must be "off-therapy" (i.e., not in active or maintenance phase of cancer
therapy) for at least 2 years;
- Adolescent must be cleared by his/her physician to participate (defined by obtaining
a score of 80 or greater on the Karnofsky Scale as determined by their physician);
- Participants must have a working phone number;
- Adolescents must live at home with parents in order to facilitate parent involvement
via support materials.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Physician reports that the patient has deficits in neurocognitive functioning that
would preclude him/her from participating in a cognitive-oriented intervention;
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