Development and Validation of the EFT for Adolescents With Cancer
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Testing of the EFT.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Cancer. Basic parameters: 13 years — 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Hong Kong
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Development and Validation of the Exercise Fit Test (EFT) for Adolescents With Cancer
Overview
There is increasing evidence of interventions shown to be effective to promote physical activity in adolescents with cancer. Nevertheless, adolescents with cancer become physically inactive after the end of the interventions. These interventions emphasized heavily on interventionists' role to assess adolescents' physical fitness and prescribe exercises. After the intervention, the adolescents were unable to follow the previous exercise prescriptions due to their changing medical conditions. To promote physical activity sustainably, it is vital to develop a patient-based assessment tool to allow adolescents with cancer to self-assess their own appropriate levels of physical activity that they could perform. However, a review of literature indicates a lack of such a tool.
Detailed description
A cross-sectional study design will be used. A convenience sample of 400 adolescents who (1) are aged 13-18; (2) are diagnosed with cancer; (3) can communicate in Cantonese and read Chinese will be recruited in Hong Kong Children's Hospital. The outcome measures will include demographic characteristics, pain scores, cardiopulmonary function measurements, EFT scores and ratings of the physiotherapists for the fitness of subjects for physical activity.
Interventions
- Other Testing of the EFT
Our team will develop specific questions in EFT. Then, subject will be invited to fill in a set of questionnaires covering demographic characteristics, EFT items and a numerical rating scale for pain scores. The physiotherapists will rate the subject with the most appropriate level of physical activity.
Primary outcome measures
- The EFT scores [Time frame: Just before their scheduled physiotherapists interview]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
- Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) for pain [Time frame: Just before their scheduled oncologist routine visit]
- The physiotherapists' rating for physical activity [Time frame: Just before their scheduled physiotherapist interview]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Aged 13-18
- are diagnosed with cancer
- are able to communicate in Cantonese and read Chinese
Exclusion criteria
Those with physical or cognitive impairments and learning problems, as identified from the medical records, were excluded. Also, those with medical advice that physical activity was not recommended or with detailed exercise prescriptions from physicians or physiotherapists during recruitment were excluded.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
Hong Kong · 1 center
- Katherine Lam — Hong Kong
Identifiers
NCT: NCT05304988 · EFT_Adolescents