Enhancing Exercise in Breast Cancer Survivors

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This study will examine whether or not providing early stage breast cancer survivors with tips on making exercise more enjoyable promotes greater levels of moderate to strenuous exercise.

Official Title
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Enhancing Exercise in Breast Cancer Survivors

Conditions
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Breast Cancer

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Newsletter about physical activity and breast cancer survivors
* Behavioral: Changing your habits brochure
* Behavioral: Tips for making exercise enjoyable and personally-valued
* Behavioral: Testimonials from breast cancer survivors


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: no health restrictions on performing moderate to strenuous physical activity must be 18 years or older and able to give legal consent Exclusion Criteria: may not be participating in another research study regarding exercise restrictions on performing physical activity

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Active Comparator: Control arm<br>Participants in this arm will receive the newsletter about their reported minutes of physical activity and the benefits of physical activity specific to breast cancer survivors, and the brochure Changing your habits, developed by the NIH. | Behavioral: Newsletter about physical activity and breast cancer survivors<br>* Both groups will receive a newsletter that covers: 1) the recommendation to pursue at least 150 mins/week of moderate to strenuous intensity PA, 2) the benefits of PA specific to breast cancer survivors (e.g., reducing in death and breast cancer recurrence), and 3) their total minutes of moderate to strenuous intensity PA and how this compares to the recommendation.<br>Behavioral: Changing your habits brochure<br>* Both groups will receive the brochure titled Changing Your Habits: Steps to Better Health, developed by the NIH, that describes, based a person's stage of change, the benefits of PA, how to overcome common barriers to PA, and if ready, how to plan for PA.<br>|
| Active Comparator: Habit Formation Arm<br>Participants in this arm will receive all of the intervention materials. | Behavioral: Newsletter about physical activity and breast cancer survivors<br>* Both groups will receive a newsletter that covers: 1) the recommendation to pursue at least 150 mins/week of moderate to strenuous intensity PA, 2) the benefits of PA specific to breast cancer survivors (e.g., reducing in death and breast cancer recurrence), and 3) their total minutes of moderate to strenuous intensity PA and how this compares to the recommendation.<br>Behavioral: Changing your habits brochure<br>* Both groups will receive the brochure titled Changing Your Habits: Steps to Better Health, developed by the NIH, that describes, based a person's stage of change, the benefits of PA, how to overcome common barriers to PA, and if ready, how to plan for PA.<br>Behavioral: Tips for making exercise enjoyable and personally-valued<br>* Participants will get a list of potentially enjoyable activities and a space to list other activities after they consider aspects that can make events fun/interesting.13 Aspects to consider include: location (indoors vs. outdoors, the latter which may appeal to some), hobbies that can involve PA (e.g., sports, dancing), whether the activity is made more enjoyable by having it performed by oneself or with others (e.g., team activities vs. individual activities); what valued outcomes may be achieved (e.g., sense of competence, pride, better health, body image), accompanying activities that are pleasant (e.g., listening to music), etc.<br>Behavioral: Testimonials from breast cancer survivors<br>* Participants will get two to three testimonials of actual breast cancer survivors. These testimonials will include story-like details of what these survivors find enjoyable about exercising and what they have done to make exercise enjoyable.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| change in number of minutes of moderate to strenuous physical activity | participants will self-report minutes of physical activity at baseline, 1 month, and 3 months after receiving intervention materials. | baseline, 1 month and 3 months | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| changes in joy and satisfaction with physical activity | participants will self-report via questionnaire their joy and satisfaction with their average physical activity level. | baseline, 1 month, and 3 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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breast cancer survivor, breast cancer, survivor, exercise, physical activity, strenuous exercise, moderate exercise, enjoyable exercise, enjoy exercise