Peer mentoring for physical activity adoption and maintenance among breast cancer survivors: moderators of physical activity outcomes

Effect of peer mentoring on physical activity in patients with cancer: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomised controlled trials

“…In another study by Pinto et al, Reach to Recovery mentors of the American Cancer Society made phone calls to patients and provided motivational support for them to increase their MVPA levels. Similarly, patients were asked to record information about physical activity in their diaries, and they were interviewed by peer mentors via telephone (Pinto et al, 2022). When the physical activity application intensities in the studies included were examined, they were reported as ≥30 min of moderate‐intensity physical activity on most days of the week in two studies (DeMello et al, 2018; Pinto et al, 2015), 150 min of moderate‐intensity physical activity per week in two studies (Leone et al, 2016; Pinto et al, 2022), 30 min or more of moderate‐intensity physical activity on most days of the week in one study (Pinto et al, 2017), and 150 min of moderate‐intensity physical activity or 75 min of vigorous aerobic exercise per week in one study (Galvão et al, 2018).…”

“…The total number of participants in the studies was 1.551. In addition, a study was conducted in Australia (Galvão et al, 2018), and the other five were conducted in the USA (DeMello et al, 2018;Leone et al, 2016;Pinto et al, 2015Pinto et al, , 2017Pinto et al, , 2022. While four studies were conducted only with patients diagnosed with breast cancer (DeMello et al, 2018;Pinto et al, 2015Pinto et al, , 2017Pinto et al, , 2022, one study was conducted with patients with prostate cancer (Galvão et al, 2018) and one study with patients with colorectal cancer (Leone et al, 2016).…”

“…In addition, a study was conducted in Australia (Galvão et al, 2018), and the other five were conducted in the USA (DeMello et al, 2018;Leone et al, 2016;Pinto et al, 2015Pinto et al, , 2017Pinto et al, , 2022. While four studies were conducted only with patients diagnosed with breast cancer (DeMello et al, 2018;Pinto et al, 2015Pinto et al, , 2017Pinto et al, , 2022, one study was conducted with patients with prostate cancer (Galvão et al, 2018) and one study with patients with colorectal cancer (Leone et al, 2016). The stage of cancer in the studies included was found as 0 and III in two studies (DeMello et al, 2018;Pinto et al, 2015), 0, I, II and III in two studies (Pinto et al, 2017(Pinto et al, , 2022, and 0, I, II, III and IV in one study (Galvão et al, 2018).…”

“…The duration of peer mentoring in the studies included was found to vary between 1 and 2 h. However, no information was found regarding the duration of the three studies. The frequency of peer mentoring was reported as once in the 2nd, 4th, 8th and 12th weeks in two studies (Pinto et al, 2015(Pinto et al, , 2017, once in the 0th, 12th and 24th weeks in one study (DeMello et al, 2018), once in the 0th, 3rd, 6th (Galvão et al, 2018) and 12th months in one study (Pinto et al, 2022), and once in the 0th, 6th, 9th and 12th months in one study.…”

“…Peer mentoring provides social interaction, knowledge and practical and emotional assistance in a mutually beneficial way (Pinto et al, 2017(Pinto et al, , 2022Rini et al, 2018). The effective peer mentoring adopts theoretical mechanisms, social support, experiential knowledge, social comparison and adjunctive therapy principles.…”