Exercise for Oncology Care Professionals (C4C+)

Melanie Keats

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Compassion Fatigue; Burnout, Caregiver

Treatments: Behavioral: Nature-based Walking; Behavioral: Circuit-based Resistance Training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05884073

C4C+

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this preference-based pilot study will be to assess the feasibility and acceptability, and impact of a 12-week exercise intervention on oncology care provider burnout. Participants self-select to participate into one of two exercise groups. Group assignment will be based on participant preference.

Group 1: Supervised circuit-based resistance exercise

Group 2: Nature-based walking

Enrollment: 70 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years of age or older;
• Able to speak/write in English;
• Must be providing formal care to cancer patients in a clinical setting within the Halifax Municipality;
• Actively practicing within the Nova Scotia Cancer Care Program; and
• Able and willing to engage in low-to-moderate intensity physical activity.

Exclusion criteria

• Exceeding Canadian physical activity guidelines of 150-minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per week; and
• Any health condition that would preclude safe participation in a new exercise program.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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70 participants in 2 patient groups

Circuit-based resistance exercise

Experimental group

Description:

12-week, supervised circuit-based resistance training program (2-3 times/week).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Circuit-based Resistance Training

Nature Walking

Active Comparator group

Description:

12-weeks self-paced walking in nature (2-3 times/week).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Nature-based Walking