Health Education for Women With Breast Cancer

Federal University of Maranhao

Status: Completed

Conditions: Breast Cancer Female

Treatments: Behavioral: Health Education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05873296

UFMA

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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%.

Enrollment: 28 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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28 participants in 2 patient groups

Health Education

Experimental group

Description:

Group of women being treated for breast cancer

Treatment:

Behavioral: Health Education

usual care

No Intervention group

Description:

Group of women who will remain in usual care