Development and Validation of the EFT for Adolescents With Cancer

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Conditions studied: Cancer

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05304988

Run by

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

People needed

400

Starts

2020-09-07

Expected to finish

2025-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2025-08-20

Who can join

Age: 13 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Aged 13-18
• are diagnosed with cancer
• are able to communicate in Cantonese and read Chinese

You may not qualify if…

• 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.

Where it is running

• Katherine Lam — Hong Kong, Hong Kong,China, Hong Kong (enrolling)

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