Distress Reduction by Activity Tracking and Activity Enhancement by Mobile Support Group in Oncology

Asan Medical Center202 enrolled

Overview

This study aims to investigate the effect of the formation of social networks using smartphones can help increase physical activity and reduce stress in survivors after breast cancer treatment surgery.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

202

Conditions

Breast Cancer Mobile Community

Interventions

Mobile communityDEVICE

Install an application (app) on subjects' smartphone. Subject's will join the mobile community using the application through which they can check their own and other members daily steps and communicate with each other.

No Mobile communityOTHER

No Mobile community

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 20 YearsMax age: 60 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Stage 0-III breast cancer * ECOG Performance Status 0 * Patient who underwent surgery for breast cancer * Patients with their own smartphones and who can use smartphone apps Exclusion Criteria: * Breast cancer recurrence or metastasis * Severe medical illness * need to Adjubant Chemotherapy

Locations (1)

Asan Medical Center

Seoul, Korea, South Korea

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Rate of moderate to severe distress at 6 months

Using distress thermometer collected by smartphone application based questionnaire

Time frame: 6months

Secondary Outcomes

total weekly steps at 6 months

the total number of weekly steps collected by smartphone application

Time frame: 6months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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