Quality of life
Conditions
Interventions
This is a parallel randomized clinical trial with two groups. The experimental group will consist of 24 women with breast cancer undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy. This group will undergo supervised
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Sponsors
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Instituto de Previdência dos Servidores do Estado de Minas Gerais
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Age
18 Years to 69 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: women diagnosed with breast cancer; aged between 18 and 69 years old; undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: women with breast cancer; undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy who present some comorbidity such as cardiac dysfunctions that contraindicate the practice of physical exercise or present some inability to answer the questionnaires
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary outcome of functionality related to cardiorespiratory capacity was assessed using the Incremental Shuttle Walking Test, operationalized by the distance covered in meters. It is expected that in this test there would be an average improvement of at least 70 meters. The Human Activity Profile (HAP) questionnaire was used to assess the primary outcome related to physical activity level. The PAH result was operationalized by the adjusted activity score (AAS). Based on the EAA, the level of the sample was classified as debilitated (EAA 53 and < 74) and active (EAA = 74). AAS is expected to increase in the intervention group after the study. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| quality of life measured using the generic instruments European Organization for Research of Cancer quality of life C-30 and specific European Organization for Research of Cancer quality of life BR-23. Both questionnaires have a score from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst health status and 100 the best health status;The Beck Short-Form Depression Inventory was used to assess signs of depression in the sample. A score greater than 4 was defined as the presence of possible depressive symptoms.;The Cancer Fatigue Scale (CFS) questionnaire was used to assess fatigue. The CFS includes 15 items that assess fatigue in three domains: physical (score 0-28), affective (score 0-16), and cognitive (score 0-16). The sum of domains (0-60) represents total fatigue. It is expected that the fatigue score reduces or does not increase in the intervention group. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactAna Silvia Diniz Makluf Makluf
Instituto de Previdência dos Servidores do Estado de Minas Gerais
Outcome results
None listed