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Brief Title: Momentum Project Heidelberg - Dealing Actively With a Cancerous Disease
Official Title: Social Cognitions and Norms Towards Physical Exercise Among Cancer Patients and Health Care Professionals
Study ID: NCT02678832
Brief Summary: The study, investigates the current physical activity promotion practices among physicians and nurses, as well as social norms toward physical activity during treatment among cancer patients and among physicians and nurses who treat or counsel cancer patients.
Detailed Description: For this purpose, four large surveys with health care professionals (specialized practitioners, N=300; general practitioners, N=300; oncology nurses, N=300) and cancer patients (N=1200, 400 patients each with breast, prostate or colorectal cancer) with a cross-sectional research design are conducted. Additionally, a follow-up-study with a sub-sample of cancer patients (N=180) will be conducted.
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Name: Monika Sieverding, Prof. Dr.
Affiliation: Heidelberg University
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Name: Karen Steindorf, Prof. Dr.
Affiliation: German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) & National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Name: Joachim Wiskemann, Dr.
Affiliation: University of Heidelberg Medical Center & National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR