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Pilot Feasibility Study of an Online Lifestyle Intervention for Overweight Breast Cancer Survivors

NCT02861703 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 15

Last updated 2018-12-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Obesity presents serious psychological and physical consequences for breast cancer survivors, including diminished quality of life, poorer prognosis and increased mortality. As such, there is a great need to develop strategies for these women to maintain optimal body weight. Diet and exercise have been shown to lead to successful weight loss among this population but these effects are seldom sustained, plausibly because these efforts alone overlook less obvious, but equally important, psychosocial factors that can interfere with prolonged progress. This study will implement a group-based intervention addressing diet and exercise along with other psychosocial issues related to survivorship such as depression, fatigue, body image and social support. Based on the growing popularity and benefits of computer-based health care, including convenience and anonymity, this intervention will also be offered online, representing the first of its kind. It is hypothesized that the intervention will be feasible to implement and acceptable to its participants. It is also hypothesized that the intervention will yield meaningful and sustained changes in body weight, body mass index, waist circumference (primary outcomes), as well as mental well-being, quality of life, and body image (secondary outcomes). This research has the ability to improve the long-term health of breast cancer survivors by incorporating psychosocial interventions into standard medical care practices and has the potential to increase accessibility of these services using online technology.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Online lifestyle intervention

Online, computer-mediated interactive group-based lifestyle intervention addressing thoughts, feelings, behaviours related to eating, physical activity, and other psychosocial issues related to breast cancer survivorship (e.g., mood, body image, existential issues, social support).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Karen Fergus · Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-07-31
Primary Completion
2018-07-31
Completion
2018-07-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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Diseases

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