Rehabilitation - Physical Activity and Coping
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Cancer Survivors
- Sponsor
- Haukeland University Hospital
- Enrollment
- 20
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Objectively recorded physical activity level
- Status
- Active, Not Recruiting
- Last Updated
- 2 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The project is a non-randomized intervention study with group-based physical exercise. Cancer survivors who have participated in the rehabilitation program at the Center for Education and Rehabilitation are included in the study.
The cancer and cancer treatment have led to patients struggling with physical, mental and social late effects which prevent them from functioning in everyday life and return to work. The purpose of the project is to investigate whether one municipal group training measure can help to lower the threshold for the user to maintain good exercise habits and return to work / everyday life, as well as the effect on the user's physical form and quality of life and the transition between health level and the body itself measure.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Women and men
- •Regardless of cancer diagnosis
- •Resident in Bergen municipality
- •Finishes their rehabilitation at The Cancer Center for Education and Rehabilitation spring/summer 2019.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patients who do not speak or understand Norwegian
- •Unable to express themselves in writing
- •Unable to perform basic daily tasks
- •Display cognitive disorder or severe emotional instability
- •Suffer from other debilitating illnesses / conditions that may inhibit physical exercise (heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, orthopedic conditions, neurological disorders or the like) will be excluded from the study. -
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Objectively recorded physical activity level
Time Frame: 18 weeks
Change in objectively recorded physical activity level, measured with the SenseWear ™ Mini Armband (SWA) (BodyMedia Inc. Pittsburgh, PA, USA) as average minutes of moderate- to vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) from before intervention to after completion of the intervention.
Secondary Outcomes
- Change in maximal oxygen uptake measured by VO2max(18 weeks)
- Change in maximal strength(18 weeks)
- Change in quality of life measured by Short Form Health Survey (SF-36)(18 weeks)
- Change in fatigue scores using the Chalder Fatigue Questionaire (FQ)(18 weeks)