Development and Validation of the EFT for Adolescents With Cancer
Development and Validation of the Exercise Fit Test (EFT) for Adolescents With Cancer
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
400 participants
Sep 7, 2020
OBSERVATIONAL
Conditions
Summary
There is increasing evidence of interventions shown to be effective to promote physical activity in adolescents with cancer. Nevertheless, adolescents with cancer become physically inactive after the end of the interventions. These interventions emphasized heavily on interventionists' role to assess adolescents' physical fitness and prescribe exercises. After the intervention, the adolescents were unable to follow the previous exercise prescriptions due to their changing medical conditions. To promote physical activity sustainably, it is vital to develop a patient-based assessment tool to allow adolescents with cancer to self-assess their own appropriate levels of physical activity that they could perform. However, a review of literature indicates a lack of such a tool.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria3
- Aged 13-18
- are diagnosed with cancer
- are able to communicate in Cantonese and read Chinese
Exclusion Criteria1
- Those with physical or cognitive impairments and learning problems, as identified from the medical records, were excluded. Also, those with medical advice that physical activity was not recommended or with detailed exercise prescriptions from physicians or physiotherapists during recruitment were excluded.
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Interventions
Our team will develop specific questions in EFT. Then, subject will be invited to fill in a set of questionnaires covering demographic characteristics, EFT items and a numerical rating scale for pain scores. The physiotherapists will rate the subject with the most appropriate level of physical activity.
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NCT05304988