Weight Management Among Breast Cancer Survivors

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

10

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

February 28, 2015

Primary Completion Date

July 31, 2015

Study Completion Date

July 31, 2015

Conditions
Body Weight
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Device: FitBit Flex wrist band

Participants will track their daily steps walked and hours of sleep by wearing the FitBit Flex wrist band during the 8 week study period. The data collected from the wrist band will be synced to participants' FitBit smart phone application and monitored by the study team.

BEHAVIORAL

Device: FitBit Aria weight scale

Participants will record their daily body weight during the 8 week study period by stepping on the FitBit Aria weight scale. The data collected from the scale will be synced to participants' FitBit smart phone application accounts and monitored by the study team.

BEHAVIORAL

Diet Intake Messages

The study team will send participants daily text messages regarding their dietary intake. Each message will contain five questions that yield a yes, or no response. Messages will be sent daily during the 8 week study period. Responses from the messages will be recorded and monitored by the study team to enhance the behavioral counseling intervention.

BEHAVIORAL

Behavioral Counseling

Participants will engage in four phone calls with the study counselor to discuss behavioral several topics (physical activity, sleep, fatigue \& dietary patterns) and to reflect on their data recorded by the FitBit devices. The calls will take place on a bi-weekly basis. During the weeks between calls, the counselor will maintain contact with the participants through asynchronous text messages to monitor their progress in the study.

Trial Locations (1)

02118

Boston Medical Center, Boston

Sponsors
All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Boston University

OTHER

lead

Boston Medical Center

OTHER