Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Healthy Lifestyle and Health Behavior Change in Cancer Patients and Their Partners; A Pilot Study

Completed

• Conditions: Testicular Cancer; Breast Cancer
• Interventions: Other: Literature search and semi-structured interview

• Registration Number: NCT02602041
• Lead Sponsor: University Medical Center Groningen

Brief Summary

The investigators will perform a pilot study to gain insight into attitudes, barriers and facilitators for health behavior change in cancer patients and their partners. Results of this pilot will be used to design suitable questionnaires to investigate health behavior change in a larger cohort of patients and their partners. It will also direct future interventions to adequately target patients and, potentially, their partners to improve their lifestyle following a cancer diagnosis.

Detailed Description

The investigators will perform semi-structured interviews with cancer patients and their partners in order to explore knowledge, attitudes, barriers and facilitators regarding health behavior change following cancer treatment.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-11
• Study First Submitted: 2015-11-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-11-07
• Study First Posted: 2015-11-11
• Primary Completion: 2017-07-01
• Study Completion: 2017-07-01
• Status Verified: 2024-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-05-03
• Last Update Posted: 2024-05-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 38

Inclusion Criteria

• between 18 and 65 years of age
• have completed adjuvant or curative chemotherapy (in BC and TC patients, respectively) or started adjuvant hormonal therapy alone (in BC patients) between 6 and 24 months previously
• have no signs or symptoms of recurrent disease
• be in follow-up at the Department of Medical Oncology of the UMCG.

Exclusion Criteria

• signs or symptoms of recurrent disease
• mental disability

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Patients with breast cancer and partners	Literature search and semi-structured interview	We will invite 10 women with early stage breast cancer (BC) and their partners for a semi-structured interview.
Patients with testicular cancer and partners	Literature search and semi-structured interview	We will invite 10 men with disseminated testicular cancer (TC) and their partners for a semi-structured interview.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Gain insight into barriers and facilitators for health behavior change	12 months	Qualitative description of barriers and facilitators for health behavior change

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Medical Center Groningen; 🇳🇱 Groningen, Netherlands