A Brief SMART Exercise Instant Messaging Support Intervention

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

16 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-02-04

Study Completion Date

2021-12-31

Brief Summary

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Lung cancer is one of the most common cancer diseases, globally and locally. Several health benefits of increased physical activity (PA) have been reported for people with cancer. PA plays a critical role across the cancer trajectory, from prevention through to post-diagnosis and has been proposed as an alternative for improving physical and psychosocial health outcomes, reducing cancer recurrence, and cancer-specific and all-cause mortality. Although there are a variety of exercise intervention programs for cancer patients, those programs were quite intensive, requiring individuals to commit extra time and effort. Feeling of overwhelmed appointments, lack of time, other barriers, including high cost and limited access to facilities are the most frequently reported barriers that prevent people from starting and maintaining exercise. Hence, the investigators propose to use a brief messaging lifestyle modification intervention program to incorporating simple and easy-to-do patient-centred home-based lifestyle-integrated exercise into daily activities of patients with lung cancer. The aims are to explore the feasibility of using instant messaging to enhance physical activity and improve their fatigue, emotion and quality of life, and obtain feedback from patients for intervention and study design improvement.

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Detailed Description

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Lung cancer is one of the most common cancer, globally and locally. Patients with lung cancer are in a uniquely challenging situation in their disease, comorbidities, and treatment that may lead to worsened symptoms and many negative health consequences, including fatigue, irritability, and impaired daytime functioning. Physical activity (PA) is defined as 'any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscle that results in energy expenditure'. Several health benefits of increased PA have been reported for people with cancer. PA plays a critical role across the cancer trajectory, from prevention through to postdiagnosis and has been proposed as an alternative for improving physical and psychosocial health outcomes, reducing cancer recurrence, and cancer-specific and all-cause mortality. Although there are a variety of exercise intervention programs for cancer patients, those programs were quite intensive, requiring individuals to commit extra time and effort. Most clinicians underutilise exercise therapy, regardless of its low-cost way to improve symptoms and potential health outcomes. Feeling of overwhelmed appointments, lack of time, other barriers, including high cost and limited access to facilities are the most frequently reported barriers that prevent people from starting and maintaining exercise. Low motivation, fear to exercise, lack of knowledge about benefits are the most common barriers of engaging in physical activity for cancer patients.

Hence, the current proposal is to use a brief messaging lifestyle modification intervention program to incorporating simple and easy-to-do patient-centred home-based lifestyle-integrated exercise (light to moderate physical activity) into daily activities of patients with lung cancer.

The aims are to explore the feasibility of using instant messaging to enhance physical activity and improve their fatigue, emotion and quality of life, and obtain feedback from patients for intervention and study design improvement.

Conditions

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Cancer Lung

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

The experimental group will receive a face-to-face group session and a package of information on lifestyle-integrated exercise and physical activity.

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Lifestyle-integrated exercise and care support

The experimental group will receive a face-to-face group session and a package of instant messages related to lifestyle-integrated exercise and cancer-related information with personalized support.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Brief messaging and personalized support

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Patients will receive (i) a face-to-face group session and a package of instant messages related to lifestyle-integrated exercise (including breathing, balance, aerobic, strength, stretching exercises), cancer-related care information and support.

Interventions

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Brief messaging and personalized support

Patients will receive (i) a face-to-face group session and a package of instant messages related to lifestyle-integrated exercise (including breathing, balance, aerobic, strength, stretching exercises), cancer-related care information and support.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Aged 18 years and above;
* Diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer or small cell lung cancer
* Fatigue symptom score ≥4 out of 10
* Self-reported engagement of \<150 minutes of moderate-intensity PA each week
* Ambulatory and capable of all self-care activities
* Either undergoing or finished oncology therapy and/or support care
* Mentally, cognitively and physically fit to join the trial
* Able to speak and read Chinese;
* Willing to complete the patient-reported outcome questionnaire
* Completion of the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire
* Possession of a smartphone with instant messaging functions such as WhatsApp or WeChat.

Exclusion Criteria

* Those preparing for lung operation
* Skeletal fragility
* Serious active infection
* Inability to walk
* Severe respiratory insufficiency
* Uncontrolled pain
* Diagnosed psychiatric illness such as major depressive disorder

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

100 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No