colorectal cancer
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) elderly (*65 years old), (2) eligible for surgery for colorectal cancer or who recently (within the previous 3 months) underwent surgery for colorectal cancer. (3) eligible for preoperative training due to frailty indicators such as comorbidity (COPD, DM), chemotherapy in the last half year or problems with their functional capacity. We will purposively recruit patients from both sexes, different disease location and stage with varying age and educational status to ensure a broad representation of patients
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Elderly who due to their mental of physical capacity would not be able to train physically. Elderly who are not able to speak Dutch adequately to give an interview
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Insight in preferences, barriers and facilitators for pre-operative exercise participation for elderly treated for colorectal cancer from the view of 1.the patient 2. the informal caregiver 3. the formal caregiver | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| There are no secundary study parameters | — |
Countries
Netherlands