@article{quteprints48071,
         journal = {Annals of Behavioral Medicine},
            year = {2011},
       publisher = {Springer Verlag},
           month = {November},
           title = {A randomized trial of a telephone-delivered exercise intervention for non-urban dwelling women newly diagnosed with breast cancer : exercise for health},
          author = {Elizabeth Eakin and Sheleigh P. Lawler and Elisabeth Winkler and Sandra C. Hayes},
             doi = {10.1007/s12160-011-9324-7},
             url = {https://eprints.qut.edu.au/48071/},
        keywords = {Breast Cancer, Physical Activity, Behavior Change Intervention, Telephone, Rural, Randomized Trial},
        abstract = {Physical activity is important following breast cancer. Trials of non-face-to-face interventions are needed to assist in reaching women living outside major metropolitan areas. 

This study seeks to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of a telephone-delivered, mixed aerobic and resistance exercise intervention for non-urban Australian women with breast cancer. 

A randomized controlled trial comparing an 8-month intervention delivered by exercise physiologists (n = 73) to usual care (n = 70). 

Sixty-one percent recruitment rate and 96\% retention at 12 months; 79\% of women in the intervention group received at least 75\% of calls; odds (OR, 95\% CI) of meeting intervention targets favored the intervention group for resistance training (OR 3.2; 1.2, 8.9) and aerobic (OR 2.1; 0.8, 5.5) activity. 

Given the limited availability of physical activity programs for non-urban women with breast cancer, results provide strong support for feasibility and modest support for the efficacy of telephone-delivered interventions. 
}
}