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| Name | Class |
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| Dalhousie University | OTHER |
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The Cancer Patient Empowerment Program is a comprehensive health promotion program aiming to improve the quality of life as well as both physical and mental health in cancer patients and survivors. The program includes daily email communications over 6 months that encourage strength and aerobic exercise, yoga, stress reduction techniques, dietary improvements, and more.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Intervention with HRV monitor | Experimental |
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| Intervention without HRV monitor | Experimental |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| CancerPEP | Behavioral | CancerPEP |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Feasibility (accrual, attrition, compliance, and adverse events) | As measured by accrual, attrition, compliance rates, and safety by number of adverse events. | 6 - 24 months |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Mental Health as assessed by the Kessler Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) | A 10 item questionnaire that assesses psychological distress. The scale has a score range of 10-50, with higher scores indicating worse mental health. | 6 - 24 months |
| General Health (Physical and Mental) Quality of Life assessed by the 12-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-12) |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| QEII Health Sciences Centre | Halifax | Nova Scotia | B3H 2Y9 | Canada |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 39409993 | Derived | Ilie G, Knapp G, Davidson A, Snow S, Dahn HM, MacDonald C, Tsirigotis M, Rutledge RDH. The Cancer Patient Empowerment Program: A Comprehensive Approach to Reducing Psychological Distress in Cancer Survivors, with Insights from a Mixed-Model Analysis, Including Implications for Breast Cancer Patients. Cancers (Basel). 2024 Oct 2;16(19):3373. doi: 10.3390/cancers16193373. |
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| D009369 | Neoplasms |
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A 12 item questionnaire. The scale has a score range of 0-100, with higher scores indicating better physical and mental health functioning. |
| 6 - 24 months |
| Health-Related Quality of Life as assessed by the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - General (FACT-G) | A 27 item questionnaire that measures the four domains of HRQOL in cancer patients: Physical, social, emotional, and functional well-being. The scale has a score range of 0-108, with higher scores indicating better quality of life. | 6 - 24 months |
| Personality as assessed by the Ten-Item Personality Inventory (TIPI) | A 10 item questionnaire assessing the Big-Five personality dimensions (Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability, Openness to Experiences). The scale has a score range of 1-14 for each dimension with higher scores indicating a higher level of that personality trait. | 6 - 24 months |
| Alcohol Habit assessed by questions from the NIH Alcohol Consumption questionnaire. | Questions assessing alcohol consumption | 6 - 24 months |
| Smoking habit assessed by the Global Adult Tobacco Survey 2020 (GATS). | Questions assessing smoking use | 6 - 24 months |
| Diet assessed by the Rapid Eating Assessment for Participants (REAP-S). | A 16 item questionnaire assessing diet quality. The scale has a score range of 13-39 with a higher score indicating a higher diet quality. | 6 - 24 months |
| Comorbidity level assessed by the modified Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) | Each category is scored from 1-6. The higher the score, the more likely the predicted outcome will result in mortality or higher resource use. | 6 - 24 months |
| Availability of social support assessed by the MOS Social Support Survey | A 19 item questionnaire that assesses emotional/informational support, positive social interaction, tangible support and affectionate support. Higher item scores reflect a higher level of social support. | 6 - 24 months |
| Sleep Quality as assessed by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) | A 19 item questionnaire that assesses sleep quality and disturbances. The scale has a score range of 0-21 with a higher score indicating worse sleep quality. | 6 - 24 months |
| Sedentary behaviour measured by the Sedentary Behaviour Questionnaire (SBQ) for Adults. | Two 9 item questionnaires (weekday and weekend) with each item scored to none to 6 hours or more. The total score is the sum of the amount of time and as it increases it indicates higher amount of sedentary behaviour. | 6 - 24 months |
| Sexual functioning in women assessed by the 6-item Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI-6). | A 6-item shortened version of the original index. Items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale, ranging from 1 to 5, and the other items are rated on a 6-point Likert scale, ranging from 0 to 5. Total scores range from 2 to 30, with lower scores indicating worse sexual functioning. | 6 - 24 months |
| Sexual functioning in men assessed by the Sexual Health Inventory in Men (SHIM). | A 5-item questionnaire with scores ranging from 1-25 and lower scores indicating worse sexual functioning. | 6 - 24 months |
| Anxiety severity assessed by the GAD-7. | A 7 item questionnaire with scores ranging from 0-21 higher scores indicating more severe level of anxiety. | 6 - 24 months |
| Relationship satisfaction as assessed by the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS-32). | A 32 item questionnaire that measure an individual's perceptions of their relationship with an intimate partner. The scale has a total score range of 1-151 with a higher score indicating better satisfaction. | 6 - 24 months |
| Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). | A 20 item questionnaire with a possible range of scores from zero to 60, with the higher scores indicating the presence of more depressive symptomatology. | 6 - 24 months |
| Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS). | A 5 item questionnaire that was designed to measure subjective well-being. Scores range from 5-35 with higher scores indicating higher satisfaction with life. | 6 - 24 months |
| Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ). | A 9 item sale that measures an individual's beliefs, feelings, and cognitive representations of one's illness. | 6 - 24 months |