NCT01801527

Telehealth System to Improve Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Survivors

E-Cuidate: Effectiveness of a Telerehabilitation System in Women Breast Cancer Survivors

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 72 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad de Granada · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Background: Cancer is increasingly viewed as a chronic disease and therefore there is a growing need for long-term treatments. Breast cancer survivors suffer physical impairment after oncology treatment. This impairment reduces quality of life (QoL) and increases the prevalence of conditions associated to unhealthy life-style. Objective: The overall objective of e-Cuidate telerehabilitation will be to evaluate short and long-term effects telehealth program. Methods: Seventy-two breast cancer survivors (age range: 18-65 years) will be recruited through oncology and breast units at the Virgen de las Nieves Hospital and San Cecilio Hospital and associations of breast cancer patients in Granada. Patients will be randomized to receive the online rehabilitation group (n=36) or usual care (control) group (n=36). Telerehabilitation group will receive an eight-week online intervention and control group receive recommendations about usual care. Discussion: The investigators study attempts to increase the level of fitness and reduce musculoskeletal disorders in breast cancer patients through a strategy for care based on telerehabilitation to promote therapeutic exercise.

Conditions

• Breast Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Telerehabilitation group	Interventions will be based on to provide cardiovascular, mobility, strength and stretching exercises through telerehabilitation system

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-03-01
• Primary completion: 2014-02-01
• Completion: 2014-07-01
• First posted: 2013-02-28
• Last updated: 2017-10-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain