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Feasibility Study of a Home-based Physical Activity Intervention for Family Caregivers of People With Advanced Cancer

NCT02211092 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 28

Last updated 2015-03-31

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to develop an individually tailored home-based physical activity intervention for family caregivers of people with advanced cancer and assess the feasibility of a future randomized controlled trial (RCT) to test the effects of this intervention.

Conditions

  • Self Care
  • Family Caregivers

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Physical activity intervention

A 12 week individually tailored home-based physical activity program with goal-setting, a physical activity self-monitoring technique, and weekly telephone calls provided by the intervener for coaching and support.

OTHER

Usual care

Access to usual community resources but no active lifestyle coaching.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • McGill University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Jewish General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jamie L Penner, RN, PhD(c) · McGill University; Jewish General Hospital

  • S Robin Cohen, PhD · McGill University; Jewish General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-11-30
Primary Completion
2015-03-31
Completion
2015-03-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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