Health-promoting Lifestyle in a Genetic Counseling Clinic
September 14, 2022 updated by: Zhenqi Lu, Fudan University
Health-promoting Lifestyle of Breast Cancer Patients and Family Members in a Chinese Genetic Counseling Clinic: A Cross-sectional Study
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
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Study Overview
Status
Completed
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
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 Type
Observational
Enrollment (Actual)
140
Contacts and Locations
This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.
Study Locations
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Shanghai, China
- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
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Participation Criteria
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Genders Eligible for Study
All
Sampling Method
Non-Probability Sample
Study Population
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.
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- over 18 years old;
- with a diagnosis of breast cancer or having a family history of breast cancer
- the first time to take genetic testing in our clinic
- ECOG<2.
Exclusion Criteria:
- diagnosed with psychiatric or intellectual impairment
- having a history of genetic testing previously
Study Plan
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
How is the study designed?
Design Details
Cohorts and Interventions
Group / Cohort |
Intervention / Treatment |
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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.
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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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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Chinese Health-promoting lifestyle profile-Ⅱ
Time Frame: The primary outcome was measured during one month after the genetic test.
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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.
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The primary outcome was measured during one month after the genetic test.
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Collaborators and Investigators
This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.
Sponsor
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Zhenqi Lu, Master, Fudan University
Study record dates
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Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
November 13, 2019
Primary Completion (Actual)
March 4, 2022
Study Completion (Actual)
March 4, 2022
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
September 9, 2022
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
September 14, 2022
First Posted (Actual)
September 19, 2022
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
September 19, 2022
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
September 14, 2022
Last Verified
September 1, 2022
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- FNF201830
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
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