Cancer
Conditions
Keywords
exercise oncology, culturally tailored, South Asian, Punjabi, Exercise, Cancer, Pilot, Feasibility
Brief summary
The goal of this pilot feasibility study is to explore the feasibility and exploratory effects of a culturally-tailored exercise oncology intervention in Punjabi-speaking individuals of South Asian heritage and their support persons. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. What is the feasibility and acceptability of the EXCEL-Punjabi intervention? 2. What are the exploratory effects (i.e., psychosocial and physical changes) before and after program delivery? Participants will take part in a 12-week exercise oncology intervention consisting of twice weekly hour long multimodal circuit-based exercise sessions. They will also complete questionnaires and functional fitness assessments pre- and post- intervention.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALEXCEL-Punjabi
Culturally Tailored Exercise Oncology Intervention
Sponsors
University of Calgary
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
Pilot Feasibility Study
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Punjabi-speaking * Self-identified as being of South Asian heritage * over the age of 18 * pre-, post-, or currently receiving cancer treatment or a support person of an individual living with and beyond cancer * cleared to participate in, at minimum, mild intensity exercise by a Clinical Exercise Physiologist * Able to provide informed consent
Exclusion criteria
* under the age of 18 * not cleared to exercise by a Clinical Exercise Physiologist
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Measurement Completion | Baseline to the end of the intervention (12 weeks) | Participants who completed all pre- and post- questionnaires and functional assessments |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Referrals | Baseline to end of intervention (12 weeks) | Number of participants referred to intervention |
| Consented | Recruitment to end of intervention (12 weeks) | Number of participants who consented to participate in the intervention |
| Enrolled | Baseline (week 0) | Number of participants who enrolled (i.e. completed baseline assessments) |
| Attendance | Baseline to end of intervention (12 weeks) | Intervention Attendance |
| Adverse Events | Baseline to end of intervention (12 weeks) | Using the standardized Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events Version 6.0 |
| Time Required to Deliver and Implement Intervention | From recruitment to end of intervention (12 weeks) | Time requirement to deliver intervention |
| Physical Activity Level | Baseline to end of intervention (12 weeks) | The Godin Leisure Time Exercise Questionnaire is used to determine subjective levels of physical activity in each participant. Participants report how many times per week they partake in mild, moderate, and/or strenuous exercise. Higher scores indicate a more physically active lifestyle. |
| Cancer related symptoms | Baseline to end of intervention (12 weeks) | Change in Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale - revised: cancer. Scale is from 0-10, where 0 means the symptom is absent and 10 means the worst possible severity of the symptom is being experienced. |
| Health Related Quality of Life | Baseline to end of intervention (12 weeks) | Change in EuroQual - 5Dimensions (EQ-5D) tool - first section is a questionnaire; last section uses a scale from 0-100, where 0 means the worst health imaginable and 100 means the best health imaginable. |
| Fatigue | Baseline to end of intervention (12 weeks) | Change in Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy - Fatigue subscale - scale is from 0-4, where 0 means "not at all" and 4 means "very much". |
| Cancer Related Quality of Life | Baseline to end of intervention (12 weeks) | A 5-point Likert scale (0 = not at all, to 4 = very much) to track wellbeing over the course of the cancer journey. |
| Exercise Barriers Self-Efficacy | Baseline to end of intervention (12 weeks) | Exercise barriers and facilitators questionnaire |
| Cognition | Baseline to end of intervention (12 weeks) | Cancer related cognition using the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Cognition questionnaire. A 37-item, self-report questionnaire used to evaluate how cancer patients perceive their own cognitive abilities |
| Aerobic Capacity | Baseline to end of intervention (12 weeks) | In-person participants will be assessed on change in 6-minute walk test (m) results |
| Lower body strength | Baseline to end of intervention (12 weeks) | Change in sit-to-stand (number of repetitions in 30 seconds) |
| Upper extremity flexibility | Baseline to end of intervention (12 weeks) | Change in active shoulder flexion range of motion (degrees) |
| Balance | Baseline to end of intervention (12 weeks) | Change in one legged stance test (seconds) |
Countries
Canada
Outcome results
None listed