Sustainability capacity of a vegetable gardening intervention for cancer survivors

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Description of the harvest for health feasibility trials

	Birmingham Breast Cancer Survivors Study	Alabama Senior Cancer Survivors Study
Years conducted	2013 - 2016	2014-2015
Setting	Birmingham, Alabama (metropolitan area)	Alabama (urban and rural counties)
Study design	Randomized controlled trial – waitlist control	Randomized controlled trial – modified waitlist control ^a
Length of trial	1 year	1 year
Age	No limitation	Age 60 years and older
Cancer type(s)	Female breast cancer survivors	Cancer survivors with a cancer type/stage associated with a 60% or greater 5-year relative survival rate ^b
Number enrolled in trial / completing trial	82 / 78	46 / 42
Number contacted / completing telephone survey	78 / 71	22 / 20

^aThe 22 older cancer survivors randomized to the waitlist control group did not receive the full, intensive intervention, and thus were not included in the follow-up telephone survey
^bCancer types include: in situ bladder; loco-regional staged: breast (female), Hodgkin lymphoma, prostate, and thyroid; localized: cervix, colon and rectum, endometrium, kidney/renal pelvis, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, oral cavity/pharynx, ovary, small intestine, and soft tissues

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