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Effectiveness of an Adventure-based Training Programme to Reduce Fatigue for Childhood Cancer Survivors

NCT02703935 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 222

Last updated 2017-01-13

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Summary

Background: Cancer-related fatigue is the most common concern reported by Childhood cancer survivors. Empirical evidence is needed to find out an appropriate strategy for ameliorating its impact.

Purposes: To examine the effectiveness of an adventure-based training programme in promoting regular physical activity, reducing fatigue and enhancing 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 has been conducted. Recruitment of subjects has been carried out in an outpatient clinic, and through the Children's Cancer Foundation and Sunshine Group, which are non-profit voluntary organizations with the aim to provide education and supportive services to parents of Hong Kong Chinese childhood cancer survivors.

Intervention: Participants in the experimental group have joined a four-day adventure-based training programme, which contains education talks, a workshop and adventure-based training activities. Those in the placebo control group has received an amount of time and attention (leisure activities organized by a community centre) that mimick that received by the experimental group.

Conditions

  • Childhood Cancer

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 an associate professor, an assistant professor and a research student at a local university, a pediatric oncologist and oncology nurse 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 survivors.

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 museums and theme parks and galleries

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The University of Hong Kong

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
9 Years
Max Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-01-31
Primary Completion
2016-01-31
Completion
2016-06-30

Countries

  • China

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