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NCT Number: NCT03573375

Barriers Affecting Physical Activity

The goal of this research study is learn about how often cancer patients engage in physical activity using the exercise behavior questionnaire.

This is an investigational study.

Up to 200 participants will be enrolled in this study. All will take part at MD Anderson.

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Key information

Conditions

Cancer Patients and Physical Activity Behavior Motor Activity

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

About this study

If participant agrees to take part in this study, participant will complete a series of questionnaires about exercise and participant's symptoms and physical abilities. These should take about 5 minutes to complete.

Additionally, demographic information (such as participant's age, race, sex, zip code, specifics about participant's cancer type and care) will be collected from participant's medical record.

Participant will complete the questionnaires 1 time, and participation in this study will be over after that.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patient must be 18 years of age or older.
  • Patient must be able to understand, read, write and speak English.
  • Patient must be able to sign an Informed Consent Form.

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients with physical limitations (visual, cognitive, motor impairment) causing inability to read, complete or sign the consent form and survey.
  • Wheelchair bound patients who spend all of their day in bed or wheelchair
  • Patients who the attending physician deems unable to participate due to acute physical distress.
  • Previously filled out (EBBS and Stanford) surveys in the Supportive Care Clinic

Treatment and study plan

Questionnaires

Behavioral

Participants complete a series of questionnaires about exercise, symptoms, and physical abilities. These should take about 5 minutes to complete.

Other names: Surveys

Primary outcomes

  1. Percentage of Cancer Patients Who Report Engaging in Physical Activity Using the Stanford Patient Education Research Center Exercise Behaviors Survey

    Time frame: 1 day

    Patients who report activity 1-3 hrs per week in any of the 6 questions or combination of any of these 6 questions are considered as engaging in physical activity

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Cancer Patients' Reported Frequency and Barriers to Physical Activity

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2021
Study completion
2021
First posted
Jun 29, 2018
Registry last updated
Dec 17, 2021

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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