Conclusion There is preliminary evidence to suggest that a variety of physical activity behaviour change interventions targeting men with a history of prostate cancer can be efficacious , at least in the short term .
Purpose Men who are survivors of prostate cancer report a variety of psychological and physical factors contributing to a lower quality of life , and physical activity can assist to mitigate these issues .
This review aims to provide a summary of physical activity behaviour change trials targeting prostate cancer survivors , assess the feasibility of these interventions and , if possible , identify intervention and study characteristics associated with significant intervention effects .
Sex-differences in reasons for non-participation at recruitment: Geelong Osteoporosis Study
Background Underst and ing reasons for non-participation in health studies can help guide recruitment strategies and inform research ers about potential sources of bias in their study sample . Whilst there is a paucity of literature regarding this issue , it remains highly plausible that men and women may have varied reasons for declining an invitation to participate in research . We aim ed to investigate sex-differences in the reasons for non-participation at baseline of the Geelong Osteoporosis Study ( GOS ) . Methods The GOS , a prospect i ve cohort study , r and omly recruited men and women aged 20 years and over from a region in south-eastern Australia using Commonwealth electoral rolls ( 2001–06 and 1993–97 , respectively ) . Reasons for non-participation ( n=1,200 ) were documented during the two recruitment periods . We used the Pearson ’s chi squared test to explore differences in the reasons for non-participation between men and women . Results Non-participation in the male cohort was greater than in the female cohort ( 32.9 % vs. 22.9 % ; p<0.001 ) . Overall , there were sex-differences in the reasons provided for non-participation ( p<0.001 ) ; apparent differences related to time constraints ( men 26.3 % vs. women 10.4 % ) , frailty/inability to cope with or underst and the study ( men 18.7 % vs. women 30.6 % ) , and reluctance over medical testing ( men 1.1 % vs women 9.9 % ) . No sex-differences were observed for non-participation related to personal reason/disinterest , and language - or travel-related reasons . Conclusions Improving participation rates in epidemiological studies may require different recruitment strategies for men and women in order to address sex-specific concerns about participating in research
Conclusion There is preliminary evidence to suggest that a variety of physical activity behaviour change interventions targeting men with a history of prostate cancer can be efficacious , at least in the short term .
Purpose Men who are survivors of prostate cancer report a variety of psychological and physical factors contributing to a lower quality of life , and physical activity can assist to mitigate these issues .
This review aims to provide a summary of physical activity behaviour change trials targeting prostate cancer survivors , assess the feasibility of these interventions and , if possible , identify intervention and study characteristics associated with significant intervention effects .