Breast Cancer, Testicular Cancer
Conditions
Brief summary
The investigators will perform a pilot study to gain insight into attitudes, barriers and facilitators for health behavior change in cancer patients and their partners. Results of this pilot will be used to design suitable questionnaires to investigate health behavior change in a larger cohort of patients and their partners. It will also direct future interventions to adequately target patients and, potentially, their partners to improve their lifestyle following a cancer diagnosis.
Detailed description
The investigators will perform semi-structured interviews with cancer patients and their partners in order to explore knowledge, attitudes, barriers and facilitators regarding health behavior change following cancer treatment.
Interventions
OTHERLiterature search and semi-structured interview
We will do a literature search and perform semi-structured interviews with cancer patients and their partners in order to explore knowledge, attitudes, barriers and facilitators regarding health behavior change following cancer treatment.
Sponsors
University Medical Center Groningen
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* between 18 and 65 years of age * have completed adjuvant or curative chemotherapy (in BC and TC patients, respectively) or started adjuvant hormonal therapy alone (in BC patients) between 6 and 24 months previously * have no signs or symptoms of recurrent disease * be in follow-up at the Department of Medical Oncology of the UMCG.
Exclusion criteria
* signs or symptoms of recurrent disease * mental disability
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gain insight into barriers and facilitators for health behavior change | 12 months | Qualitative description of barriers and facilitators for health behavior change |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed