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Effectiveness of an Integrated Programme in Promoting the Regular Physical Activity Among Childhood Cancer Survivors

NCT01803672 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 71

Last updated 2016-04-26

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Summary

Background.There is some evidence that engaging in regular moderate-intensity physical activity may help ameliorate cancer-related fatigue experienced by childhood cancer survivors, which eventually improve their quality of life. Nevertheless, there is growing concern about declining levels of physical activity in childhood cancer survivors.

Purposes. To examine the effectiveness of an integrated adventure-based training and health education programme in promoting the adoption and maintenance of regular physical activity, reducing fatigue and improving the quality of life among Hong Kong Chinese childhood cancer survivors.

Design and Subjects. A randomised controlled trial (RCT), two-group pre-test and repeated post-test, between subjects design was conducted. Recruitment of subjects was carried out through the Sunshine Parents Club, which is a non-profit voluntary organization with the aim to provide education and psychological support to parents of Hong Kong Chinese childhood cancer survivors.

Intervention. Participants in the placebo control group received an amount of time and attention (leisure activities organized by a community centre) that mimicked that received by the experimental group. Participants in the experimental group joined a four-day integrated adventure-based training and health education programme, which contained education talks, a workshop and adventure-based training activities.

Conditions

  • Malignant Childhood Neoplasm

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

health talk and adventure-based training

To develop an integrated programme for Hong Kong Chinese childhood cancer survivors, an advisory committee was set up which included the three healthcare professionals (researchers), two school principals, two professional adventure-based trainers and one assistant professor of Sports and Recreation Management, ensuring the adequate 'dosage' of the intervention and the feasibility of implementing such programme for Hong Kong childhood cancer surviviors.

BEHAVIORAL

Placebo control

They will be invited to attend leisure activities organized by a community centre in four different days during the study period. Activities will include cartoon film shows, handicraft workshops, chess games, health talks on the prevention of influenza and healthy diet, day visit to museum and theme park.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The University of Hong Kong

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • William Ho Cheung Li, PhD · The School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-01-31
Primary Completion
2013-01-31
Completion
2013-01-31

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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