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NCT Number: NCT01576107

MOTIVACTION - Study

Impact of a 4-week exercise intervention vs. a stress-management-training on physical activity (measured objectively and by questionnaire) of cancer patients of different entities and out-patient regimes.

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Key information

Conditions

Cancer Neoplasms

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

National Center for Tumor Diseases, Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Physical activity < 150 minutes /week
  • Patients are currently receiving outpatient treatment (acute or maintenance therapy) or finished this therapy not longer than six months ago

Exclusion criteria

  • Serious Orthopedic limitations
  • Serious neurological disorders
  • Serious cardiovascular diseases
  • Bone metastases
  • wound healing / scarring not completed
  • Rehabilitation during the next eight weeks

Treatment and study plan

Exercise counseling (behavior change techniques)

Other

4-week exercise intervention for cancer patients of different entities and out-patient regimes.

Stress-management training

Other

4-week stress-management-training for cancer patients of different entities and out-patient regimes.

Primary outcomes

  1. Physical activity (accelerometer, Actigraph)

    Time frame: 4 weeks

    measured for 7 days

Secondary outcomes

  1. physical activity (Short QUestionnaire to ASsess Healthenhancing physical activity, SQUASH)

    Time frame: 4 weeks, 3 months

    Wendel-Vos, G.C.W. et al., 2003

  2. Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease 6-Item Scale (SES6G)

    Time frame: 4 weeks, 3 months

    German version by Freud, T. (2011)

  3. Quality of life (EORTC QLQ C30)

    Time frame: 4 weeks, 3 months

    Aaronson, N. K. et al. (1993)

  4. variables of the Health Action Process Approach

    Time frame: 4 weeks, 3 months

    scales are developed according to the guidelines by the founder of the theory (Schwarzer, 2008)

  5. Barriers and barrier management in physical exercise

    Time frame: 4 weeks, 3 months

    adapted from Krämer&Fuchs (2010), developed in pilot studies

  6. Exercise experience

    Time frame: 4 weeks, 3 Months

    questionnaire adapted from Fuchs, R., 2009

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

German Cancer Research Center

Other

Collaborators

  • Heidelberg University

Registry information

Official study title

Motivational Intervention Enhancing Physical Activity In Oncology Patients (MOTIVACTION)

Important dates

Study start
2012
Primary completion
2012
Study completion
2013
First posted
Apr 12, 2012
Registry last updated
Apr 23, 2014

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