Feasibility and Acceptability of Exercise as a Lifestyle Intervention in Endometrial Cancer Survivors.

Objectives

• To evaluate the feasibility of an exercise intervention for endometrial cancer survivors in terms of recruitment, adherence, response rates, and follow-up rate.
• To evaluate the feasibility of the individual components of the exercise programme itself within the study population.
• To evaluate if the outcomes measure used to evaluate quality of life outcomes such as psychological distress, fatigue and pain in endometrial cancer survivors are appropriate.
• To evaluate if the outcome measures used to evaluate physical fitness are appropriate.
• To evaluate the acceptability of an exercise intervention for endometrial cancer survivors to improve quality of life outcomes.

General research design Single-arm prospective feasibility study In addition we will conduct a qualitative evaluation with a purposively selected subgroup with maximum variation of our population.

Study population All women diagnosed at the Royal Cornwall Hospital with endometrial cancer who have completed surgical treatment.

Number of participants Every year approximately 90 women are diagnosed with endometrial cancer at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro, of which approximately 80 women receive primary surgical treatment. We estimate that 50% to 60% will consent to participation in this study; we therefore anticipate that the sample size for a study duration of 12 months will be approximately 40 to 48 women.