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Lifestyle change in the cancer setting using ‘the teachable moment’: protocol for a proof-of-concept pilot in a urology service

Overview of attention for article published in Pilot and Feasibility Studies, October 2016
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Title
Lifestyle change in the cancer setting using ‘the teachable moment’: protocol for a proof-of-concept pilot in a urology service
Published in
Pilot and Feasibility Studies, October 2016
DOI 10.1186/s40814-016-0102-y
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Alyssa Sara Lee, Gozde Ozakinci, Steve Leung, Gerry Humphris, Hannah Dale, Neil Hamlet

Abstract

Previous research has shown diagnosis or screening for cancer may be a 'teachable moment' for prevention through lifestyle change. Previous trials have been successful but have been delivered via national programmes targeting patients being screened for colorectal cancer. This manuscript reports the protocol for a proof-of-concept study to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a lifestyle change service targeting men suspected or diagnosed with cancer of the prostate in a secondary care cancer service within the UK. Lifestyle change will be promoted through integration of a lifestyle change service in a urology department in one NHS Board. The service is delivered by a Health Psychologist and uses motivational interviewing and behavioural change techniques to motivate and support patients to consider and address topics such as increasing physical activity and a healthy diet, smoking cessation, alcohol reduction and weight loss. A service evaluation will assess feasibility and acceptability via a patient experience survey, a survey exploring staff knowledge, attitudes and practice, pre- and post-intervention lifestyle behaviour survey and an audit of routine patient database. This pilot will assess the viability of using cancer testing and diagnosis as a teachable moment for lifestyle change in a unique population (i.e. men with suspected cancer of the prostate). If successful, this approach offers potential for preventative services to enhance routine and person-centred clinical cancer care provided within secondary care settings.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 44 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 7 16%
Researcher 6 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 9%
Student > Bachelor 3 7%
Other 6 14%
Unknown 13 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 9 20%
Nursing and Health Professions 6 14%
Psychology 5 11%
Sports and Recreations 2 5%
Social Sciences 2 5%
Other 4 9%
Unknown 16 36%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 December 2016.
All research outputs
#3,119,516
of 25,517,918 outputs
Outputs from Pilot and Feasibility Studies
#178
of 1,236 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#50,684
of 324,147 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Pilot and Feasibility Studies
#6
of 14 outputs
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