Insight into the relationship between nutritional status, physical activity, fatigue and quality of life in children diagnosed with haematologic and solid malignancies: a pilot study

Insight into the relationship between nutritional status, physical activity, fatigue and quality of life in children diagnosed with haematologic and solid malignancies: a pilot study - nutritional state during childhood cancer

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON37653

Enrollment

Registered

2012-03-30

Start date

2012-05-09

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-05-06

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Conditions

nutritional state, quality of life, fatigue and physical activity 'cancer' and 'malignant neoplasm'

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

2 Years to 17 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Newly diagnosed paediatric oncology patients Treatment with chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy Above 3 years and below 18 years of age Informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients are excluded when they are insufficiently capable of speaking and understanding the Dutch language. Patients are excluded when life expectancy is estimated to be below six months.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Nutritional status: Mid-Upper Arm Circumference and length and weight (BMI), BIA Physical activity: ActiGraph acceleration data and CLASS activity questionnaire Generic quality of life: PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales scores Disease specific quality of life: PedsQL 3.0 Cancer Module Fatigue: Abbreviated Fatigue Questionnaire	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Type of cancer/diagnosis (specific and group-wise: haematological, solid and brain tumour) Treatment (type and duration) Age at diagnosis Gender	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results