Effectiveness of a Rehabilitation Program in Improving Quality of Life in Patients With Esophageal Cancer

Taipei Veterans General Hospital

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Esophageal Cancer

Treatments: Other: exercise and dietary education; Other: weekly telephone consultations concerning exercise and diet.

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03161535

2017-04-001A

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will investigate the effectiveness of a rehabilitation program in improving sleep quality, emotional distress, circadian rhythms, and quality of life in patients with esophageal cancer in Taiwan.

Hypothesis:

1. The quality of life in exercise group is significant improving than usual-care group at 3rd, 6th, 12th, 24th, and 36th month.
2. The quality of sleep in exercise group is significant improving than usual-care group at 3rd, 6th, 12th, 24th, and 36th month.
3. The emotional distress in exercise group is significant improving than usual-care group at 3rd, 6th, 12th, 24th, and 36th month.
4. The circadian rhythms in exercise group is significant improving than usual-care group at 3rd, 6th, 12th, 24th, and 36th month.

Full description

This study will investigate the effectiveness of a rehabilitation program in improving sleep quality, emotional distress, circadian rhythms, and quality of life in patients with esophageal cancer in Taiwan.

Enrollment: 85 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with esophageal cancer who were aged ≥20 years, could communicate in either Mandarin or Taiwanese, and were not cognitively impaired were included.

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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85 participants in 2 patient groups

exercise group

Experimental group

Description:

The rehabilitation program was composed of two parts: an exercise program and a diet-teaching program. The exercise program was a 12-week home-based program that comprised moderate-intensity brisk walking for 40 min per session, with 3 sessions per week; in addition, weekly exercise counseling was provided through telephone. The diet teaching program was provided to the patients by using a diet booklet at baseline (same timing as the exercise program), and its contents were used to instruct the patients regarding dietary principles to be followed.

Treatment:

Other: weekly telephone consultations concerning exercise and diet.

Other: exercise and dietary education

usual-care group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group (CG) received usual care, whereas a nurse, the manager for esophageal cancer treatment, provided routine care, conducted follow-ups, and offered information on esophageal cancer to the experimental group (EG).