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NCT Number: NCT05304988

Development and Validation of the EFT for Adolescents With Cancer

There is increasing evidence of interventions shown to be effective to promote physical activity in adolescents with cancer. Nevertheless, adolescents with cancer become physically inactive after the end of the interventions. These interventions emphasized heavily on interventionists' role to assess adolescents' physical fitness and prescribe exercises. After the intervention, the adolescents were unable to follow the previous exercise prescriptions due to their changing medical conditions. To promote physical activity sustainably, it is vital to develop a patient-based assessment tool to allow adolescents with cancer to self-assess their own appropriate levels of physical activity that they could perform. However, a review of literature indicates a lack of such a tool.

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Key information

Conditions

Cancer Behavior Motor Activity Neoplasms

Age range

13 year–18 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Katherine Lam

Hong Kong, Hong Kong,China, 0000

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Katherine Lam, Phd

CONTACT

About this study

A cross-sectional study design will be used. A convenience sample of 400 adolescents who (1) are aged 13-18; (2) are diagnosed with cancer; (3) can communicate in Cantonese and read Chinese will be recruited in Hong Kong Children's Hospital. The outcome measures will include demographic characteristics, pain scores, cardiopulmonary function measurements, EFT scores and ratings of the physiotherapists for the fitness of subjects for physical activity.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Aged 13-18
  • are diagnosed with cancer
  • are able to communicate in Cantonese and read Chinese

Exclusion criteria

Those with physical or cognitive impairments and learning problems, as identified from the medical records, were excluded. Also, those with medical advice that physical activity was not recommended or with detailed exercise prescriptions from physicians or physiotherapists during recruitment were excluded.

Treatment and study plan

Testing of the EFT

Other

Our team will develop specific questions in EFT. Then, subject will be invited to fill in a set of questionnaires covering demographic characteristics, EFT items and a numerical rating scale for pain scores. The physiotherapists will rate the subject with the most appropriate level of physical activity.

Primary outcomes

  1. The EFT scores

    Time frame: Just before their scheduled physiotherapists interview

    Subjects will be asked to mark their responses for the EFT items in the second draft just before their scheduled oncologist routine visit. The scale ranges from 1 to 5. Higher scores indicate that the subjects are fit for a higher level of physical activity.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) for pain

    Time frame: Just before their scheduled oncologist routine visit

    Subjects will be asked to mark their pain level on the NRS according to their experience just before their scheduled oncologist routine visit. The scale ranges from 0 to 10. Higher scores represent a higher level of pain.

  2. The physiotherapists' rating for physical activity

    Time frame: Just before their scheduled physiotherapist interview

    The physiotherapists will rate the subject with the most appropriate intensity level of physical activity on a 5-point scale. The scale ranges from 1 to 5. Higher scores indicate that the subjects are fit for a higher level of physical activity.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Eva Ho, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

27666417

Katherine Lam, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

27666420

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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Registry information

Official study title

Development and Validation of the Exercise Fit Test (EFT) for Adolescents With Cancer

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2025
First posted
Mar 31, 2022
Registry last updated
Aug 20, 2025

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