Impact of a 4-week exercise intervention vs. a stress-management-training on physical activity (measured objectively and by questionnaire) of cancer patients of different entities and out-patient regimes.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
76
4-week exercise intervention for cancer patients of different entities and out-patient regimes.
4-week stress-management-training for cancer patients of different entities and out-patient regimes.
National Center for Tumor Diseases (German Cancer Research Center)
Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
National Center for Tumor Diseases
Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Physical activity (accelerometer, Actigraph)
measured for 7 days
Time frame: 4 weeks
physical activity (Short QUestionnaire to ASsess Healthenhancing physical activity, SQUASH)
Wendel-Vos, G.C.W. et al., 2003
Time frame: 4 weeks, 3 months
Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease 6-Item Scale (SES6G)
German version by Freud, T. (2011)
Time frame: 4 weeks, 3 months
Quality of life (EORTC QLQ C30)
Aaronson, N. K. et al. (1993)
Time frame: 4 weeks, 3 months
variables of the Health Action Process Approach
scales are developed according to the guidelines by the founder of the theory (Schwarzer, 2008)
Time frame: 4 weeks, 3 months
Barriers and barrier management in physical exercise
adapted from Krämer\&Fuchs (2010), developed in pilot studies
Time frame: 4 weeks, 3 months
Exercise experience
questionnaire adapted from Fuchs, R., 2009
Time frame: 4 weeks, 3 Months
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