Eat, Play, Sleep: A Text Message Approach to Promoting Health Behaviors for Cancer Survivors and Their Caregivers

Health behavior text message content will be delivered daily over 4-weeks to cancer survivor/caregiver dyads.

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Key information

Conditions

Cancer Survivors Neoplasms

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Arizona Cancer Center

Tucson, Arizona, 85719, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

(survivors and caregivers):

≥18 years old
have access to a mobile phone with the ability to receive and send text messages
English- or Spanish-speaking
free of psychiatric or physical disorders that could interfere with participation (e.g., psychosis, delirium)
able to give informed consent in English or Spanish

Survivors must also:

have been diagnosed with any solid tumor cancer
have completed primary curative treatment at least one month prior to enrollment
be able to identify a caregiver to enroll in the study with them
report difficulty engaging in dietary quality, physical activity, and/or sleep hygiene behaviors at screening.

Exclusion criteria

Does not meet any of the above criteria

Treatment and study plan

Eat, Play, Sleep

Behavioral

The Eat, Play, Sleep study will test health promotion text messages developed following guidelines for text message program development, aligned with established recommendations for diet, physical activity, and sleep in cancer survivorship and prevention. Feasibility of text message delivery and acceptability of the text message content related to dietary quality, physical activity, and sleep hygiene health behaviors will be tested in delivery to participants (cancer survivor/caregiver dyads) who indicate difficulty engaging in dietary quality, physical activity, or sleep hygiene behaviors.

Primary outcomes

Successful receipt of 95% of text messages sent

Time frame: 4 weeks
Acceptability of text messages measured by self-report 0-4 likert scale of acceptability of each text message, where 5 is greater acceptability

Time frame: 4 weeks

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Arizona

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Eat, Play, Sleep: A Text Message Approach to Promoting Multiple Health Behaviors for Cancer Survivors and Their Informal Caregivers

Important dates

Study start: 2024
Primary completion: 2024
Study completion: 2024
First posted: Jan 31, 2024
Registry last updated: May 23, 2025

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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