Table 1 Participant demographics for the 8- and 12-week interventions
| Â | Wave 1 (8WK) | Wave 2 (12WK) | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Group | HC (n = 12) (Mean ± SD or n (%)) | Non-HC (n = 13) (Mean ± SD or n (%)) | HC (n = 7) (Mean ± SD or n (%)) | Non-HC (n = 8) (Mean ± SD or n (%)) | (n = 40) (Mean ± SD or n (%)) |
Age (in years) | 59 ± 10 | 54 ± 10 | 54 ± 6 | 56 ± 8 | 56 ± 9 |
Sex | |||||
 Female | 11 (91.7) | 12 (92.3) | 7 (100) | 7 (87.5) | 37 (92.5) |
 Male | 1 (8.3) | 1 (7.7) | 0 (0) | 1 (12.5) | 3 (7.5) |
Education status | |||||
 High school or less | 1 (8.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (25) | 3 (7.5) |
 Some university or more | 11 (91.7) | 13 (100.0) | 7 (100) | 6 (75) | 37 (92.5) |
Employment status | |||||
 Working – part/full time | 2 (16.7) | 3 (23.1) | 3 (42.9) | 2 (25) | 10 (25) |
 Not working – retired, disability, unemployed | 10 (83.3) | 10 (76.9) | 4 (57.1) | 6 (75) | 30 (75) |
Marital status | |||||
 Married | 12 (100) | 6 (46.2) | 7 (100) | 7 (87.5) | 32 (80) |
 Common law | 0 (0) | 1 (7.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (2.5) |
 Widowed | 0 (0) | 2 (15.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (5) |
 Divorced | 0 (0) | 4 (30.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (12.5) |
Ethnicity | |||||
 European | 10 (83.3) | 12 (92.3) | 4 (57.1) | 7 (87.5) | 33 (82.5) |
 Indigenous | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (12.5) | 1 (2.5) |
 East and South Asian | 2 (16.7) | 1 (7.7) | 1 (14.3) | 1 (12.5) | 5 (12.5) |
 Latin/Central and South American | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (14.3) | 0 (0) | 1 (2.5) |
 African | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (14.3) | 0 (0) | 1 (2.5) |
 Mixed | 1 (8.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (2.5) |
Cancer type | |||||
 Breast | 6 (50) | 10 (76.9) | 6 (85.7) | 6 (75) | 28 (70) |
 Lung | 0 (0) | 1 (7.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (2.5) |
 Vascular | 0 (0) | 2 (15.4) | 1 (14.3) | 0 (0) | 3 (7.5) |
 Gynecological | 4 (33.3) | 1 (7.7) | 0 (0) | 1 (12.5) | 6 (15) |
 Genitourinary | 1 (8.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (12.5) | 2 (5) |
 Head and neck | 1 (8.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (12.5) | 2 (5) |
 Skin | 1 (8.3) | 0 (0) | 1 (14.3) | 2 (25) | 4 (10) |
Active cancer treatment | 5 (41.7) | 7 (53.8) | 3 (42.9) | 7 (87.5) | 22 (55) |
Using an activity tracker | 4 (33.3) | 9 (69.2) | 3 (42.9) | 4 (50) | 20 (50) |