Preferences , barriers and facilitators for pre-operative exercise participation for elderly treated for colorectal cancer and their social network (PEPTONE)
- Conditions
- colorectal cancer10017990
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON45472
- Lead Sponsor
- Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Ziekenhuis
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 39
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
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
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Insight in preferences, barriers and facilitators for pre-operative exercise<br /><br>participation for elderly treated for colorectal cancer from the view of<br /><br>1.the patient<br /><br>2. the informal caregiver<br /><br>3. the formal caregiver</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>There are no secundary study parameters</p><br>