Blood Cancer, Breast Cancer, Colorectal Neoplasms, Neoplasms, Prostatic Neoplasms
Conditions
Brief summary
Cancer: Surviving and Thriving is a 6-week workshop for cancer survivors. The overall goal of the study is to determine whether an online cancer survivor education and support workshop can have lasting beneficial effects in helping survivors improve their self-management of health skills and quality of life.
Detailed description
This workshop is aimed at helping you better manage your own health and the demands placed on you because of your cancer diagnosis. It is hoped that the workshop will give you the skills needed to reduce stress and improve your quality of life. If successful, the workshop can be made available to other cancer survivors. Each workshop is 6 weeks with new lessons each week. You will be asked to log on at your convenience 2-3 times each week for a total of 1-2 hours, to read the lessons, complete assignments, and share your ideas and experiences with your classmates. There are no requirements that participants log in at the same time. With the moderators and other workshop participants, you will discuss: * Healthy eating * Managing fatigue * Managing stress * Starting and maintaining an appropriate physical activity program * Getting a good night's sleep * Dealing with difficult emotions * Solving the problems caused by having had cancer * Communicating better with your health care professionals * Communicating better with your friends, family and coworkers
Interventions
BEHAVIORALCancer: Thriving and Surviving Online Workshop
Sponsors
University of Hawaii Cancer Research Center
Stanford University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
19 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Any adult (19 and over) cancer survivor living in the United States who: 1) was diagnosed within the past 5 years with a new or recurring cancer since the original diagnosis; 2) has completed their cancer treatment (surgery, radiation and/or chemotherapy); 3) isn't currently being treated for cancer except for hormonal therapy; and 4) has and email account and access to high speed internet connection.
Exclusion criteria
Not meeting the inclusion criteria
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Document patterns of health care utilization | 2011 |
| Quality of Life | baseline and 6 months |
| Outcome Measure: Better Interactions with Oncologists | baseline and 6 months |
| Health Behaviors | baseline and 6 months |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Satisfaction with intervention | baseline and 6 months |
Countries
United Kingdom, United States
Outcome results
None listed