Health-promoting Lifestyle in a Genetic Counseling Clinic
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
This was a cross-seThis was a cross-sectional study, which aimed to describe the health-promoting lifestyle of breast cancer patients and family members in a Chinese genetic counseling clinic, and to explore its various levels with different socio-economic variables. 259 patients conformed to the inclusion and exclusion criteria were enrolled. Participants were sent a questionnaire web-link to be invited to finish this survey. 140 participants were finally included in this study. Finally, a good level of health-promoting lifestyle of breast cancer patients and family members was acquired. More education and intervention should be tailored to enhance and encourage health-promoting lifestyle behaviors in participants with low monthly family income. Additionally, developing nutritional curriculum and strengthening the publicity of nutritional popular science were priorities in the future improvement measures.ctional study
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Detailed Description
Purpose: This study aimed to describe the health-promoting lifestyle of breast cancer patients and family members in a Chinese genetic counseling clinic, and to explore its various levels with different socio-economic variables.
Method: This was a cross-sectional study. The participants in this study originated from a genetic counseling clinic of a cancer center in Shanghai, China. 259 patients conformed to the inclusion and exclusion criteria were screened and contact from November 2019 to March 2022. Participants agreed to participate were sent a questionnaire web-link to be invited to finish this survey. Two questionnaires were included in the link, one referring to the socio-economic information, the other referring to the health-promoting lifestyle. Chinese Health-promoting lifestyle profile-Ⅱ(HPLP-Ⅱ) was used to evaluate the health-promoting lifestyle.
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
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| Breast cancer patients and their family members who have undertaken genetic testing In this study, 259 participants were recruited from November 2019 to March 2022. All participants originated from a genetic counseling clinic of a cancer center in Shanghai, China. 259 participants were contact, and among them, 158 participants finally agreed to participate and completed the survey. |
Genetic: genetic testing
Two questionnaires were included in the link, one referring to the demographic information, and another one involving the health-promoting lifestyle. In the demographic information, the genetic test results were not requested to be written, but the participants need to answer whether they understand the results. The HPLP-Ⅱ is an scale instrument used to evaluate a person's health-promoting lifestyle behaviors, which contains 52 items and has been translated into Chinese in 1997. It contains 6 subscales: self-actualization, health responsibility, physical activity, nutrition, interpersonal relationships and stress management.
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Chinese Health-promoting lifestyle profile-Ⅱ [The primary outcome was measured during one month after the genetic test.]
HPLP-Ⅱ is an scale instrument used to evaluate a person's health-promoting lifestyle behaviors, which contains 52 items and has been translated into Chinese in 1997.It contains 6 subscales: self-actualization, health responsibility, physical activity, nutrition, interpersonal relationships and stress management. A Likert 4-scale is used to measure each item, and never to regularly signifies 1-4. The total score ranges from 52 to 208. Higher scores mean better health-promoting behaviors.
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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over 18 years old;
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with a diagnosis of breast cancer or having a family history of breast cancer
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the first time to take genetic testing in our clinic
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ECOG<2.
Exclusion Criteria:
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diagnosed with psychiatric or intellectual impairment
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having a history of genetic testing previously
Contacts and Locations
Locations
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| 1 | Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center | Shanghai | China |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Fudan University
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Zhenqi Lu, Master, Fudan University
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- FNF201830