4.3. Fidelity of Intervention Delivery
cancer included lymphoma, chronic disease, breast cancer
CHRONIC DISEASE, BREAST CANCER
A fidelity logbook was completed weekly by LB and included any changes in content and/or delivery format. LB, who facilitated all four programmes during the study period, also attended the educational session on physical activity, which was delivered by a physiotherapist, and attended the nutrition sessions (delivered by a Dietician) to note modifications to the content and delivery format of OptiMal. The same physiotherapist and dietician delivered the physical activity and nutrition sessions in all four OptiMal programmes. No changes were identified in the content and/or delivery format during the study period.The majority of participants were female (92.25%) and had breast cancer (72.5%). Other types of cancer included lymphoma, ovarian, head and neck, lung and oesophageal cancers. A comparison was carried out on the baseline demographic and health characteristics between those who completed the study and those who were lost to follow-up for both the intervention and control groups. On examining differences between completers and non-completers in the intervention group, the only significant difference was the self-reported presence of chronic disease with 100% of non-completers reporting the presence of a chronic disease compared to 48.5% of completers (