NCT05873296

Health Education for Women With Breast Cancer

Impact of Health Education on Lifestyle for Women With Breast Cancer: Health Education

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 28 (actual)
• Sponsor: Federal University of Maranhao · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The sedentary lifestyle in women with breast cancer generates a problem for public health. An alternative that has been used to reduce sedentary behavior are interventions with the use of information technology, as well as projects with health education can cause lifestyle changes. However, little is known about the effect of these interventions on self-awareness and self-care in women with breast cancer. This aim of study is evaluate the effect of health education on sedentary behavior, lifestyle, physical activity level, nutrition, self-esteem, anxiety and depression, quality of life, pain, functional capacity, and strength in women with breast cancer. This is a study the 12 weeks, with patients being treated for breast cancer, distributed for two groups: Group Health Education Recommendations and Control Group.

Detailed description

This is a clinical trial with patients being treated for breast cancer, the sample will be randomly distributed into two groups: Group Health Education Recommendations (GRES) and Control Group (CG), which will remain in usual care. The intervention will last for 12 weeks, where GRES will receive health education recommendations in person and via social media. The endpoints of this study are sedentary behavior, lifestyle, physical activity level, nutrition, self-esteem, anxiety and depression, quality of life, pain, functional capacity, and strength. Evaluations will be performed at baseline, after 6 weeks, and after 12 weeks. Data will be analyzed by multivariate, comparing the effects of group, time, and interaction in SPSS software version 24.0, with α=5%.

Conditions

• Breast Cancer Female

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Health Education	The intervention will last for 12 weeks, a health education program (face-to-face meetings and information in social networks).

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-07-01
• Primary completion: 2024-11-30
• Completion: 2024-12-30
• First posted: 2023-05-24
• Last updated: 2025-12-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil