Health Behaviors in Patients Who Have Finished Treatment for Stage I, Stage II, or Stage III Colorectal Cancer
- Conditions
- Colorectal Cancer
- Registration Number
- NCT00966667
- Lead Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Gathering information over time from patients who have finished treatment for colorectal cancer may help doctors predict which cancer survivors will improve their physical activity and diet.
PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying health behaviors in patients who have finished treatment for stage I, stage II, or stage III colorectal cancer.
- Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES:
Primary
* To characterize patterns and identify predictors of post-treatment physical activity and dietary changes made by colorectal cancer survivors.
Secondary
* To identify the affective and cognitive effects of post-treatment physical activity and dietary changes in these patients.
* To identify these patients' preferences regarding diet and physical activity health promotion programs.
OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.
Patients complete surveys at baseline and at 3 and 6 months. A randomly selected subset of 84 patients also receive an activity monitor to be use at each of the 3 time points. The acceptability of their use is assessed and whether activity levels change across the 3 time points and the extent to which they are convergent with self-reported physical activity are examined.
During each survey, questionnaires are administered to assess the following areas: physical/medical characteristics (self-reported), self-efficacy for physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption, and dietary fat intake; outcome expectations for physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption, and dietary fat intake; physical activity and diet behavioral self-regulation; illness representations (causal attributions and controllability of recurrence); perceived risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) recurrence; emotional representations of CRC (cancer-related anxiety and worry about cancer recurrence); healthcare provider recommendations to alter physical activity and dietary intake; social influence from important others; current physical activity and dietary intake; and diet and physical activity program preferences. Patients who received the activity monitor are asked feedback on acceptability of them.
Measures of sociodemographics and disease/treatment characteristics (via medical chart review) are recorded.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 222
Not provided
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Self-efficacy for changing physical activity and dietary practices 3 yrs Receipt of healthcare provider recommendations to alter physical activity and diet 3 yrs Normative influences of family and friends 3 yrs Outcome expectations with regard to physical activity and dietary practices 3 yrs Behavioral self-regulation of physical activity and dietary practices 3 yrs Perceived risk of CRC recurrence 3 yrs Cancer-related anxiety and worry about cancer recurrence (emotional representations of CRC) 3 yrs Perceived role of physical activity and dietary factors in causing colorectal cancer (CRC) and preventing recurrence (CRC illness representations) 3 yrs
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (14)
Overlook Medical Center
🇺🇸Summit, New Jersey, United States
Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center
🇺🇸Camden, New Jersey, United States
JFK Medical Center in Edison
🇺🇸Edison, New Jersey, United States
Mountainside Hospital
🇺🇸Montclair, New Jersey, United States
Morristown Medical Center
🇺🇸Morristown, New Jersey, United States
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton
🇺🇸Hamilton, New Jersey, United States
Centrastate Healthcare System
🇺🇸Freehold, New Jersey, United States
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
🇺🇸New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
Jersey Shore University Medical Center
🇺🇸Neptune, New Jersey, United States
Saint Peters University Hospital
🇺🇸New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
University Medical Center at Princeton
🇺🇸Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset
🇺🇸Somerville, New Jersey, United States
Fox Chase Cancer Center
🇺🇸Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
MD Anderson Cancer Center
🇺🇸Houston, Texas, United States