Repeat physical activity measurement by accelerometry among colorectal cancer patients—feasibility and minimal number of days of monitoring

BMC Research Notes

Cornelia M Ulrich²  Karen Steindorf³  Erin M Siegel¹  Jenny Chang-Claude⁴  Biljana Gigic³  Clare Abbenhardt³  Jürgen Böhm²  Petra Schrotz-King³  Stephanie Skender³ 

[1] Department of Cancer Epidemiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA;Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, UT, USA;Division of Preventive Oncology, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany;Division of Clinical Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

关键词: Accelerometry;    Colorectal cancer;    Measurement;    Physical activity;    Feasibility;   

Others  :  1232412
DOI  :  10.1186/s13104-015-1168-y

 received in 2014-10-30, accepted in 2015-05-12,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Background

Physical activity plays an important role in colorectal cancer and accelerometry is more frequently used to measure physical activity. The aim of this study was to evaluate feasibility of physical activity measurement by accelerometry in colorectal cancer patients under free-living conditions at 6, 12 and 24 months after surgery, to evaluate the appropriate wear time and to compare results to pedometry.

Methods

Colorectal cancer patients (stage 0/I–IV) from the ColoCare study were asked to optionally wear an accelerometer and a pedometer for ten consecutive days 6, 12 and 24 months post-surgery. Participants completed a feedback questionnaire about the accelerometer measurement. The course of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity over the 10 days was investigated. Additionally, daily step counts from accelerometers and pedometers were compared.

Results

In total, there were 317 individual time points, at which 198 participants were asked to wear an accelerometer. Fifty-nine% initially agreed to participate and of these, 83% (n = 156) completed the assessment with at least 4 days of data. Twenty-one% more consents were obtained when participants were asked on a face-to-face basis compared to recruitment by telephone (P = 0.0002). There were no significant differences in time spent in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity between different wear-time lengths of accelerometry. Both Spearman and intraclass correlation coefficients showed strong correlations (0.92–0.99 and 0.84–0.99, respectively) of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity across 3, 4, 7 and 10 days measurement. Step counts measured by accelerometry and pedometry were strongly correlated (ρ = 0.91, P < 0.0001).

Conclusion

This study suggest that accelerometry is a feasible method to assess physical activity in free-living colorectal cancer patients and that three valid days of physical activity measurement are sufficient for an accurate assessment.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Skender et al.

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