Multimodal Telerehabilitation of Rural Patients With Advanced Prostate Cancer

BEHAVIORAL

Telerehabilitation Unit

Telerehabilitation is the use of information and communication technology (ICT) to deliver rehabilitation services remotely in participants' homes or other settings. A telerehab unit consists of a touchscreen tablet, a portable bike, elastic bands, and a pulse oximeter. A mobile Wi-Fi hotspot device will be provided for participants who have limited or no internet connection for the duration of the study. The telerehab unit is designed to work in areas with limited internet connectivity as all multimedia materials are stored locally on the tablet.

Acceptability

Time frame: up to 12-week after initiation of study intervention

To evaluate system usability, acceptability, and exercise adherence of 12-week multimodal telerehabilitation. The acceptability of telerehabilitation will be assessed using the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ). The CSQ is an 8-item questionnaire measuring the acceptability and patient satisfaction of the multimodal telerehabilitation. CSQ scores range from 8 to 32, with lower scores indicating lower satisfaction and higher scores indicating better satisfaction. An average CSQ score \> 20 will indicate satisfactory acceptability.

Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Prostate (FACT-P)

Time frame: up to 12-week after initiation of study intervention

To assess the range of responses to the telerehabilitation program by measuring disease-specific quality of life (QOL). FACT-P is a 5-point Likert scale from "0 Not at all" to "4 Very much". The FACT-P is a 39-item questionnaire with a minimum score of 0 and a maximum score of 156. Lower scores indicate worse QOL, and higher scores indicate better QOL. This outcome measure will report the mean FACT-P total score.

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