Cancer, Health Behavior
Conditions
Keywords
Physical Activity, Exercise, Health literacy, cancer-related symptoms, treatment-related symptoms, personalized Medicine
Brief summary
The Goal of the study is to identify trait-homogenous groups of cancer patients in regards to their physical activity associated health literacy. Based on these Groups, individualized exercise protocols and educative strategies can be developed which may increase the efficacy of the exercise therapy and increases the likelihood that patient get involved in physical activity.
Interventions
OTHERSurvey
Patient fill out a survey containing: Demographic Information, medical history, several Questionnaires about Health Literacy, Well Being/HRQoL and Fatigue
Sponsors
Penn State University
University Hospital Heidelberg
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Histologically confirmed cancer diagnosis * Females and males ≥18 years of age * Undergoing either chemo-, immune-, radio- or anti-hormonal treatment * Last surgery more than 6 weeks in the past * Ability to understand English or German * Be able to provide and understand informed consent * Have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Score of ≤ 2
Exclusion criteria
* Heart insufficiency \> NYHA III (New York Heart Association) or uncertain arrhythmia * Uncontrolled hypertension * Severe renal dysfunction (GFR \< 30%, Creatinine\> 3mg/dl) * Reduced standing or walking * Current pregnancy * Any other evidence in the medical record of an absolute contraindication for exercise
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Patient Clusters | through study completion, an average of 1 year | Identification of different, trait-homogenous patient clusters |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Questionnaire: Health Literacy | through study completion, an average of 1 year | To assess health-literacy the recently developed and validated questionnaire from Sudeck and Pfeifer (2016) will be used |
| Questionnaire: Health Related Quality of Life | through study completion, an average of 1 year | Quality of Life will be assessed with the validated 30-item self-assessment questionnaire of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC QLQ-C30, version 3.0). |
| Questionnaire: Fatigue | through study completion, an average of 1 year | To asses fatigue patients will be asked to complete the 12-item EORTC QLQ-FA12 (FA = fatigue), which is a newly developed questionnaire which has been intensively validated |
| Questionnaire: Physical Activity Associated Health Literacy | through study completion, an average of 1 year | To assess physical activity-associated health competence the recently developed and validated questionnaire from Sudeck and Pfeifer (2016) will be used |
| Questionnaire: Emotion Thermometers | through study completion, an average of 1 year | Emotion thermometers are four-domain visual-analogue scale including distress, anxiety, depression, and anger. Each domain is rated on an 11-point (0 to 10) Likert scale |
| Questionnaire: Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) | through study completion, an average of 1 year | Bone pain will be assessed with the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI). This is a valid and reliable tool for pain measurement in cancer patients with bone metastases. It measures both pain severity and pain interference on function |
| Questionnaire: Physical Activity | through study completion, an average of 1 year | Patient's level of physical activity will be assessed with the SQUASH Physical Activity Questionnaire. It includes multiple activities referring to a 'normal' week. Activity dimensions asked include actively commuting physical activity (walking, cycling), physical activity at work or school, household activities, leisure time activities (sports, walking, gardening, cycling). |
Countries
Germany
Outcome results
None listed