Body Image, Breast Cancer Female, Physical Inactivity, Quality of Life
Conditions
Keywords
body image after breast cancer, physical activity, life quality
Brief summary
The goal of this self-initiated questionnaire-based follow-up clinical trial is to map the body image and physical activity of Hungarian women treated for breast cancer. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. How body image changes during different treatments among women treated for breast cancer? 2. How is physical activity among Hungarian women treated for breast cancer?
Detailed description
The aim of our research is to assess the changes in physical activity and body image of women with breast cancer and the impact of these changes on their quality of life using subjective measures, through cross-sectional research and validation of the Body Image After Breast Cancer questionnaire in Hungarian.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
University of Pecs
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Adult women diagnosis of breast carcinoma
Exclusion criteria
* neuromuscular diseases * severe congenital musculoskeletal and other disorders * other surgical procedures within 1 year
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Body Image After Breast Cancer | 1 day | points, Body Image After Breast Cancer scale contains 53 items in the six main subscales of vulnerability (with twelve items on feelings of the susceptibility of the body to cancer), body stigma (with sixteen items on feeling to hide the body), transparency (with six items on concerns about the obviousness of cancer-related changes to appearance), body limitations (with eight items on feeling about competence and ability), body concerns (with six items on satisfaction about body shape and appearance), and arm concerns (with five items on concerns about arm symptoms and appearance). Items are scored on a five-point Likert scale from Completely agree to Completely disagree for items 1-23 and from Never' to Always for items 24-53. The higher the points, the worse the body image is. |
| Global Physical Activity Questionnaire | 1 week | MET-min, Global Physical Activity Questionnaire, GPAQ, 16 questions in 4 topics (assessing work, travel-related and recreational physical activity, and the time of sitting) minimum score: 0 MET-min, maximum score: 15.600 MET-min, the higher the MET-mins, the better the physical activity is. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Quality of life of cancer patients or survivors (EORTC QLQ-C30) | 1 week | EORTC QLQ-C30 is a 30-item instrument designed to measure quality of life in all cancer patients. All items scored 1-4 (not at all - to a great extent). The higher the points, the worse the quality of life is. |
| Patient Health Questionnaire-9 | 2 weeks | Points, the scale has 9 items, 4 point scale (not at all - nearly every day). The sum score 0-27. Scores less than 5 almost always signified the absence of a depressive disorder; scores of 5 to 9 predominantly represented patients with either no depression or subthreshold (i.e., other) depression; scores of 10 to 14 represented a spectrum of patients; and scores of 15 or greater usually indicated major depression. The higher the points, the higher the depression is. |
| Body Attitudes Test (BAT) | 1 day | Body Attitudes Test (BAT) has 20 items, all 0-5 points scale (never - always), the sum scale has the minimum of 0, the maximum of 100. The higher the value, the worse the body attitude is. |
| Quality of life of cancer patients or survivors (EORTC QLQ-BR23) | 4 weeks | EORTC QLQ-BR23 is a 23-item instrument designed to measure quality of life in breast cancer patients. All items scored 1-4 (not at all - to a great extent). The higher the points, the worse the quality of life is. |
| Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale | 1 day | Points, 10 items, 0-3 point scales, the sum scale ranges from 0-30. Scores between 15 and 25 are within normal range; scores below 15 suggest low self-esteem. The higher the points, the better the self-esteem is. |
Countries
Hungary
Contacts
Primary ContactMárta Hock, physiotherapist
Backup ContactZsuzsanna Poto, economist
Outcome results
None listed