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There is strong evidence for mHealth interventions, including personal contact components, in increasing moderate-to-vigorous intensity PA among cancer survivors. However, there is inconclusive evidence to support mHealth interventions in increasing total activity and step counts. There is inconclusive evidence on SB potentially due to the limited number of studies. mHealth interventions that include personal contact components are likely more effective in increasing PA than mHealth interventions without such components. Future research should address social factors in mHealth interventions for PA and SB in cancer survivors.</jats:p>","journal":"International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health","year":2021,"id":620265,"datarank":0.5983476069846413,"base_score":3.9889840465642745,"endowment":3.9889840465642745,"self_citation_contribution":0.5983476069846413,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.5983476069846413,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":53,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":4,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":null,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":false,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":null,"fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":1601175,"name":"Najihah Mohbin","orcid":"0000-0001-6325-5631","position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1601176,"name":"Payam Ansari","orcid":null,"position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1601177,"name":"Mahfoodha Al-Kitani","orcid":null,"position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":683096,"name":"André Müller","orcid":"0000-0001-5770-6723","position":4,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":20647,"name":"Selina Khoo","orcid":"0000-0002-3090-9309","position":0,"is_corresponding":false}],"reference_count":0,"raw_metadata":{"has_enrichment":true,"resolved":true,"title":"mHealth Interventions to Address Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review","abstract":"<jats:p>This review aimed to identify, evaluate, and synthesize the scientific literature on mobile health (mHealth) interventions to promote physical activity (PA) or reduce sedentary behavior (SB) in cancer survivors. 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