MOTIVACTION - Study

Motivational Intervention Enhancing Physical Activity In Oncology Patients (MOTIVACTION)

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01576107

Enrollment

Registered

2012-04-12

Start date

2012-04-30

Completion date

2013-05-31

Last updated

2014-04-23

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Conditions

Cancer

Keywords

Different cancer entities

Brief summary

Impact of a 4-week exercise intervention vs. a stress-management-training on physical activity (measured objectively and by questionnaire) of cancer patients of different entities and out-patient regimes.

Interventions

OTHERExercise counseling (behavior change techniques)

4-week exercise intervention for cancer patients of different entities and out-patient regimes.

OTHERStress-management training

4-week stress-management-training for cancer patients of different entities and out-patient regimes.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Physical activity \< 150 minutes /week * Patients are currently receiving outpatient treatment (acute or maintenance therapy) or finished this therapy not longer than six months ago

Exclusion criteria

* Serious Orthopedic limitations * Serious neurological disorders * Serious cardiovascular diseases * Bone metastases * wound healing / scarring not completed * Rehabilitation during the next eight weeks

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Physical activity (accelerometer, Actigraph)	4 weeks	measured for 7 days

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease 6-Item Scale (SES6G)	4 weeks, 3 months	German version by Freud, T. (2011)
Quality of life (EORTC QLQ C30)	4 weeks, 3 months	Aaronson, N. K. et al. (1993)
physical activity (Short QUestionnaire to ASsess Healthenhancing physical activity, SQUASH)	4 weeks, 3 months	Wendel-Vos, G.C.W. et al., 2003
Barriers and barrier management in physical exercise	4 weeks, 3 months	adapted from Krämer&Fuchs (2010), developed in pilot studies
Exercise experience	4 weeks, 3 Months	questionnaire adapted from Fuchs, R., 2009
variables of the Health Action Process Approach	4 weeks, 3 months	scales are developed according to the guidelines by the founder of the theory (Schwarzer, 2008)

Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 13, 2026