Targeted Vs Generic Print Materials on Physical Activity and Quality of Life in Young Adult Cancer Survivors

Phase 1

Completed

• Conditions: Behaviour Change
• Interventions: Behavioral: Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines

• Registration Number: NCT05450315
• Lead Sponsor: University of Alberta

Brief Summary

Young adult cancer survivors (YACS) are an understudied group in cancer survivorship research that have unique psychosocial, medical and survivorship issues. Physical activity (PA) has important effects on health-related outcomes in middle-aged and older cancer survivors and preliminary research suggests similar benefits in YACS (18-39 years). Unfortunately, only about half of YACS report meeting public health PA guidelines and there are no interventions or resources available to help YACS increase their PA. The purpose of this study is to test a physical activity guidebook that was developed for YACS based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB). The PA guidebook will be evaluated in a randomized controlled trial. Specifically, 300 YACS will be randomly assigned to (a) Canada's PA guidelines for adults or (b) the YACS PA guidebook. YACS will complete assessments of PA, quality of life, and psychosocial variables at baseline (prior to randomization), 1 month, and 3 months. The primary endpoint in the trial will be change in self-reported PA minutes from baseline to 3 months. Secondary endpoints will include changes in TPB constructs and quality of life. It is hypothesized that the group receiving the YACS PA guidebook (TARG) will report a greater increase in PA minutes compared to the group receiving Canada's PA guidelines (CPAG).

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-05
• Primary Completion: 2013-01
• Study Completion: 2014-06
• Study First Submitted: 2015-05-26
• Status Verified: 2018-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-07-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-07-07
• Study First Posted: 2022-07-08
• Last Update Posted: 2022-07-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 212

Inclusion Criteria

• diagnosed with cancer in Alberta, Canada
• Still living in Alberta, Canada
• Read English

Exclusion Criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
CPAG	Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines	Group will receive the Canadian Public Health Guidelines

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Effects of Targeted Versus Generic Print Materials	One Year	Behaviour Change

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Behaviour Medicine Laboratory; 🇨🇦 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada