Enhancing Exercise in Breast Cancer Survivors

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Breast Cancer
• Interventions: Behavioral: Newsletter about physical activity and breast cancer survivors; Behavioral: Changing your habits brochure; Behavioral: Tips for making exercise enjoyable and personally-valued; Behavioral: Testimonials from breast cancer survivors

• Registration Number: NCT01849978
• Lead Sponsor: Duke University

Brief Summary

This study will examine whether or not providing early stage breast cancer survivors with tips on making exercise more enjoyable promotes greater levels of moderate to strenuous exercise.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2013-05-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-05-06
• Study First Posted: 2013-05-09
• Study Start: 2014-05
• Primary Completion: 2015-03
• Study Completion: 2015-04
• Status Verified: 2016-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-01-12
• Last Update Posted: 2016-01-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 81

Inclusion Criteria

• no health restrictions on performing moderate to strenuous physical activity
• must be 18 years or older and able to give legal consent

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Exclusion Criteria

• may not be participating in another research study regarding exercise
• restrictions on performing physical activity

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Habit Formation Arm	Changing your habits brochure	Participants in this arm will receive all of the intervention materials.
Habit Formation Arm	Tips for making exercise enjoyable and personally-valued	Participants in this arm will receive all of the intervention materials.
Control arm	Newsletter about physical activity and breast cancer survivors	Participants in this arm will receive the newsletter about their reported minutes of physical activity and the benefits of physical activity specific to breast cancer survivors, and the brochure "Changing your habits," developed by the NIH.
Habit Formation Arm	Testimonials from breast cancer survivors	Participants in this arm will receive all of the intervention materials.
Control arm	Changing your habits brochure	Participants in this arm will receive the newsletter about their reported minutes of physical activity and the benefits of physical activity specific to breast cancer survivors, and the brochure "Changing your habits," developed by the NIH.
Habit Formation Arm	Newsletter about physical activity and breast cancer survivors	Participants in this arm will receive all of the intervention materials.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
change in number of minutes of moderate to strenuous physical activity	baseline, 1 month and 3 months	participants will self-report minutes of physical activity at baseline, 1 month, and 3 months after receiving intervention materials.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
changes in joy and satisfaction with physical activity	baseline, 1 month, and 3 months	participants will self-report via questionnaire their joy and satisfaction with their average physical activity level.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Duke University Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Durham, North Carolina, United States