Digitally Mediated Occupational Therapy Program to Increase Physical Activity in Urban and Rural Breast Cancer Survivors Who Have Undergone Breast-conserving Surgery or Mastectomy

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

We will evaluate a novel 8-week telehealth-delivered occupational therapy (OT) program among breast cancer survivors that seeks to promote engagement in aerobic physical activity (PA) and muscle strengthening exercise (MSE). The telehealth-based delivery of this OT program circumvents some barriers to OT access and participation (e.g., time burden; distance to OT clinic) among breast cancer survivors- particularly important for Oklahoma given that 33% of residents live in rural areas. Additionally, the focus of this program is to promote the preferred aerobic PA and MSE choices of each individual survivor to increase the likelihood of long-term PA engagement. In turn, participants will be more likely to experience the longer-term benefits associated with PA such as improved physical functioning, reduced anxiety, depressive, and pain symptoms, better sleep, and better cardiorespiratory fitness.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• ≥18 years old.

• Ability to speak/read English.

• Ability to provide informed consent.

• Having ever received a histologically confirmed diagnosis of invasive breast carcinoma.

• Having undergone breast conserving surgery or mastectomy for BC in the last 12 months.

• Owning a smartphone and/or computer with internet access.

• Willing to participate in once-weekly telehealth-delivered OT sessions for eight weeks.

Locations
United States
Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences
RECRUITING
Oklahoma City
Contact Information
Primary
Zachary C Pope, PhD
zachary-pope@ouhsc.edu
208-891-9421
Backup
Tara C Klinedinst, PhD
tara-klinedinst@ouhsc.edu
918-660-3283
Time Frame
Start Date: 2024-11-27
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-10-17
Participants
Target number of participants: 38
Treatments
Experimental: 8-Week Telehealth-delivered Occupational Therapy Program
The telehealth-based OT program will be grounded in SDT. The program will be designed to help BC survivors transition from recovery after surgery to achieving levels of aerobic PA and MSE that are recommended according to each participants' specific treatment course and desired outcomes. Participants will engage in eight once-weekly OT sessions with a licensed occupational therapist via Zoom-lasting for up to about an hour. Each session will teach psychoeducational and skill-building techniques that support decreasing functional limitations associated with BC and BC treatment as well as improving behavioral skill sets necessary for maintenance of aerobic PA and MSE. Participants will receive study-provided exercise equipment and a fitness tracker (Fitbit Charge 6) for use engaging in greater amounts of aerobic PA and MSE (keeping these materials post-study).
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: American Cancer Society, Inc.
Leads: University of Oklahoma

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