A Self-Management Energy Conservation Program for Cancer-Related Fatigue

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

18 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-10-01

Study Completion Date

2018-05-09

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this pilot study is to examine a 12-week self-management energy conservation program (ECAM)'s effects on fatigue, and secondarily on sleep, physical activity, anxiety and depression, self-efficacy, and beliefs about fatigue in a group of Thai women with breast cancer who are undergoing chemotherapy. We will also evaluate how well women like the intervention, how easy it is to use and whether women will do the activities.

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Detailed Description

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Cancer-related fatigue is a distressing and multidimensional symptom. Research in the US has explored the efficacy of energy conservation interventions for fatigue and related symptoms but no previous ECAM programs have been tested in Thailand.

Conditions

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Cancer-related Problem/Condition Cancer, Breast Fatigue

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Self-management energy conservation

Thai women with breast cancer randomized to the group will receive four sessions approximately every three weeks with the PI. The women will be instructed on how to do a self-management energy conservation program.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Self-management energy conservation

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The experimental group will receive four sessions approximately every three weeks with the PI. These sessions will correspond to the cycles of chemotherapy they will receive, with the first two sessions being during cycle 1, and sessions 3 and 4 being during cycles 2 and 3 of chemotherapy, respectively. The women will be instructed on how to assess their activity patterns by making a list prioritizing their usual activities. The journal and priority list (a "to do" list) provide the basis for the second session. In this session, the participant will learn to create a plan for managing valued activities to minimize the amount of energy used, to report the fatigue experienced during and after an activity done in the journal and will learn strategies to manage fatigue and optimize activity. In the third session, the participant will evaluate and revise their individualized plan. In addition, the participant will be instructed to wear a pedometer to record objective physical activity.

Control

The participants will be given two pamphlets (general issues about breast cancer and self-care activities for patients receiving chemotherapy) provided by the health care team at the study sites. The participants in the control group will be encouraged to maintain their current daily activities during the 12-week period The participants will wear a pedometer to record the number of steps which is one of the activity outcomes.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Self-management energy conservation

The experimental group will receive four sessions approximately every three weeks with the PI. These sessions will correspond to the cycles of chemotherapy they will receive, with the first two sessions being during cycle 1, and sessions 3 and 4 being during cycles 2 and 3 of chemotherapy, respectively. The women will be instructed on how to assess their activity patterns by making a list prioritizing their usual activities. The journal and priority list (a "to do" list) provide the basis for the second session. In this session, the participant will learn to create a plan for managing valued activities to minimize the amount of energy used, to report the fatigue experienced during and after an activity done in the journal and will learn strategies to manage fatigue and optimize activity. In the third session, the participant will evaluate and revise their individualized plan. In addition, the participant will be instructed to wear a pedometer to record objective physical activity.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Thai women are age 18 or older; are diagnosed with stage I-III breast cancer; are scheduled to receive at least four cycles of chemotherapy given in 21-day-intervals; report at least 4 out of 10 or higher on a fatigue scale in the past month; are able to read and write in Thai and can be contacted by telephone.

Exclusion Criteria

* Thai women have a history of severe psychiatric illness, or have other illnesses that could be responsible for the fatigue other than cancer such as iron deficiency anemia, multiple sclerosis, congestive heart failure, chronic fatigue syndrome or fibromyalgia. With regard to anemia, women must have a certain hemoglobin in the normal range at baseline. They also cannot have acute or chronic bone, joint, or muscular abnormalities that would increase the risk of falls and injury. Women scheduled to receive concurrent radiation therapy are not eligible.

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No