Enhancing Exercise in Breast Cancer Survivors

NCT01849978 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Pro00044422
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 81
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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.

Conditions

Breast Cancer

Keywords

breast cancer; survivor; exercise; physical activity; strenuous exercise; moderate exercise; enjoyable exercise; enjoy exercise; breast cancer survivor

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• change in number of minutes of moderate to strenuous physical activity

  participants will self-report minutes of physical activity at baseline, 1 month, and 3 months after receiving intervention materials.

  baseline, 1 month and 3 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• changes in joy and satisfaction with physical activity

  baseline, 1 month, and 3 months

Study Arms (2)

Control arm

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

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.

Behavioral: Newsletter about physical activity and breast cancer survivors; Behavioral: Changing your habits brochure

Habit Formation Arm

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants in this arm will receive all of the intervention materials.

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

Interventions

Newsletter about physical activity and breast cancer survivors BEHAVIORAL

Both groups will receive a newsletter that covers: 1) the recommendation to pursue at least 150 mins/week of moderate to strenuous intensity PA, 2) the benefits of PA specific to breast cancer survivors (e.g., reducing in death and breast cancer recurrence), and 3) their total minutes of moderate to strenuous intensity PA and how this compares to the recommendation.

Control arm; Habit Formation Arm

Changing your habits brochure BEHAVIORAL

Both groups will receive the brochure titled "Changing Your Habits: Steps to Better Health", developed by the NIH, that describes, based a person's stage of change, the benefits of PA, how to overcome common barriers to PA, and if ready, how to plan for PA.

Control arm; Habit Formation Arm

Tips for making exercise enjoyable and personally-valued BEHAVIORAL

Participants will get a list of potentially enjoyable activities and a space to list other activities after they consider aspects that can make events fun/interesting.13 Aspects to consider include: location (indoors vs. outdoors, the latter which may appeal to some), hobbies that can involve PA (e.g., sports, dancing), whether the activity is made more enjoyable by having it performed by oneself or with others (e.g., team activities vs. individual activities); what valued outcomes may be achieved (e.g., sense of competence, pride, better health, body image), accompanying activities that are pleasant (e.g., listening to music), etc.

Habit Formation Arm

Testimonials from breast cancer survivors BEHAVIORAL

Participants will get two to three testimonials of actual breast cancer survivors. These testimonials will include story-like details of what these survivors find enjoyable about exercising and what they have done to make exercise enjoyable.

Habit Formation Arm

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

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

You may not qualify if:

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Duke University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Duke University Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina, 27701, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Breast Neoplasms; Motor Activity

Interventions

Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Breast Diseases; Skin Diseases; Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases; Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical; Anastomosis, Surgical; Surgical Procedures, Operative; Vascular Grafting; Vascular Surgical Procedures; Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures

Study Officials

• Isaac Lipkus, PhD

  Duke University School of Nursing

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 6, 2013
• First Posted: May 9, 2013
• Study Start: May 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: March 1, 2015
• Study Completion: April 1, 2015
• Last Updated: January 14, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-01

Locations

US (1)