Psycho-social Determinant for Sport Practised During Cancer (PERTINENCE)

Psychological and Social Determinants of Physical Activity Practice From Diagnose to Survival Among French Cancer Patients

The litterature has demonstrates that physical activity can play an important role in decreasing patient mortality rates and increasing its well-being at all time of cancer. Despite this evidence, there is a weak adhesion in patients. It is therefore appropriate to look and see which may explain the high prevalence of physical inactivity in patients with cancer. The main objective of this study will be to recognize psychological and social factors which could explain the commitment or not to a physical activity in cancer patients. Besides the physical limitations related to the cancer and its treatment, socio-economic and psycho-social factors can often play an extremely important role in engagement or maintenance of sporting activity.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Cancer; Physical Activity

Detailed Description

Different individual factors have been identified as playing an important role in physical activity (PA) practice. For example, sex, age, education level, socio-professional category, ethnicity, overweight seemed to impact PA level in general population and among cancer patient.

Beyond the disease's effect, as well as its treatment, the socio-ecological approach has identified five group of factors associated to PA practice: individual factors, interpersonal factors, environmental factors, political factors and global factors.

The aim of this mixed methods study is to identify the variables of the socioecological model facilitating PA practice, as well as PA level and preferences at different time during cancer (at diagnose, during treatment, after treatment).

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 261

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• France
  • Metz, France
    • CHR Metz Thionville
  • Nancy, France
    • Institut de Cancerologie de Lorraine
  • Thionville, France
    • CHR Metz Thionville

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patient with an histollogically confirmed non-metastatic breast, prostate or colorectal cancer diagnosis, who had no started any treatment.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Major patient
• With an histollogically confirmed non-metastatic (breast, prostate or colorectal) cancer diagnosis
• To be addressed to an oncologist before the beginning of any treatment
• Informed and having agreed to participate in the study
• Operated patient without adjuvant therapy

Exclusion Criteria:

• Presence of threatening bone lesion
• physical, cognitive or linguistics incapacity to fulfil the questionnaire
• With a life expectancy of less than 6 months
• Pregnant woman
• Under legal protection or deprived of liberty

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Cohort
• Time Perspectives: Prospective

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Physical activity	The Questionnaire include four main section: medical, socio-economic variables, personality traits situational variables and physical activity. Sociological variables will encompass age, gender, education, and socio-professional category, and professional activity, marital and socio-economic status, place of living. Life habits and PA practice before diagnose will help to look at inter-determinants relationships. Medical data will also be collected from patient perspective. Situational variables will encompass passion, basic need satisfaction in sport, state-hope, self-determined motivation for PA, anxiety and depression. PA and sedentary behaviors will be measured using self-reported Global Physical Activity questionnaire. This questionnaire will measure the frequency, intensity, duration, as well as context of PA practice.	Day 1

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Physical activity at 6 months	The Questionnaire six months after the inclusion	Month 6
Physical activity at 12 months	The Questionnaire one year after the inclusion	Month 12

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Institut de Cancérologie de Lorraine
• Investigators: Study Chair: Tarquino Cyril, Pr, Centre Pierre Janet, Université de Lorraine

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Van Hoye A, Omorou Y, Rotonda C, Gendarme S, Tarquinio C, Houtmann B, Peiffert D, Longo R, Martin-Krumm C. Psychological and social determinants of physical activity from diagnosis to remission among French cancer patients (PERTINENCE): protocol for a mixed-method study. BMC Public Health. 2019 Aug 6;19(1):1053. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-7368-y.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 9, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): August 17, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): September 16, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 15, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 15, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): April 18, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): September 16, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 10, 2025
• Last Verified: September 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Behavior; Neoplasms; Motor Activity
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2018-08Obs-CHRMT

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No