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Trial Title: Health Education for Women With Breast Cancer

NCT ID: NCT05873296

Condition: Breast Cancer Female

Conditions: Official terms:
Breast Neoplasms

Conditions: Keywords:
Breast Neoplasms
Sedentary Behavior
Lifestyle
Health Education

Study type: Interventional

Study phase: N/A

Overall status: Recruiting

Study design:

Allocation: Randomized

Intervention model: Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose: Prevention

Masking: Single (Participant)

Intervention:

Intervention type: Behavioral
Intervention name: Health Education
Description: The intervention will last for 12 weeks, a health education program (face-to-face meetings and information in social networks).
Arm group label: Health Education

Summary: The sedentary lifestyle in women with breast cancer generates a problem for public health. An alternative that has been used to reduce sedentary behavior are interventions with the use of information technology, as well as projects with health education can cause lifestyle changes. However, little is known about the effect of these interventions on self-awareness and self-care in women with breast cancer. This aim of study is evaluate the effect of health education on sedentary behavior, lifestyle, physical activity level, nutrition, self-esteem, anxiety and depression, quality of life, pain, functional capacity, and strength in women with breast cancer. This is a study the 12 weeks, with patients being treated for breast cancer, distributed for two groups: Group Health Education Recommendations and Control Group.

Detailed description: This is a clinical trial with patients being treated for breast cancer, the sample will be randomly distributed into two groups: Group Health Education Recommendations (GRES) and Control Group (CG), which will remain in usual care. The intervention will last for 12 weeks, where GRES will receive health education recommendations in person and via social media. The endpoints of this study are sedentary behavior, lifestyle, physical activity level, nutrition, self-esteem, anxiety and depression, quality of life, pain, functional capacity, and strength. Evaluations will be performed at baseline, after 6 weeks, and after 12 weeks. Data will be analyzed by multivariate, comparing the effects of group, time, and interaction in SPSS software version 24.0, with α=5%.

Criteria for eligibility:
Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria: - Women 18 years or older; - Diagnosed with breast cancer; - Ongoing breast cancer treatment (chemotherapy, radiotherapy and/or hormone therapy); - Have daily access to a smartphone. Exclusion Criteria: - Women having another type of cancer; - Perform physical training for three months before the intervention; - Has medical contraindication to perform any type of physical activity; - Have filled in yes on the PAR-Q and medical contraindication; - Without cognitive conditions to use a smartphone or answer questionnaires; - Illiterate women.

Gender: Female

Minimum age: 18 Years

Maximum age: 65 Years

Healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Locations:

Facility:
Name: Andréa Dias Reis

Address:
City: São Luís
Zip: 65058185
Country: Brazil

Status: Recruiting

Contact:
Last name: Andréa D Reis, PhD

Start date: July 1, 2023

Completion date: December 30, 2023

Lead sponsor:
Agency: Federal University of Maranhao
Agency class: Other

Source: Federal University of Maranhao

Record processing date: ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on November 12, 2024

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov page: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05873296
https://www.cancer.org/cancer/breast-cancer/treatment.html
https://www.who.int/pt/news/item/03-02-2021-breast-cancer-now-most-common-form-of-cancer-who-taking-action

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