Social Health and Quality of Life in Young Adult Breast Cancer Survivors
This study is looking at how social relationships, like friendships and family connections, affect the physical activity and overall well-being of young adults who have survived breast cancer. Researchers want to understand how these relationships change after a cancer diagnosis and how those changes might impact healthy behaviors. You could be eligible if you are between 18 and 39 years old, were diagnosed with Stage I or II breast cancer (or certain Stage III cases), and were treated at USC hospitals. The main goals are to track changes in social health, physical activity, and quality of life over one year. The information gathered will help develop better support programs for young cancer patients in the future.
- Study design
- This is an observational study planning to enroll 250 participants. It is not a drug trial and does not involve a specific treatment.
- What's involved
- You would complete surveys over 40 minutes and wear an accelerometer (a device that measures movement) for 7 continuous days at the start of the study, and then again at 3, 6, and 12 months.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your social health, physical activity, and quality of life will be tracked for up to one year.
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Social Health, Activity Behaviors, and Quality of Life Among Young Adult Cancer Survivors
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
3 sites across 2 statesStudy leadership
- Kimberly Miller, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Southern California
Who to contact
This trial hasn't published a contact. View it on ClinicalTrials.gov
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What this trial measures
- Change in social role functioningBaseline up to 1 year
Assessed using the PROMIS Ability to Participate in Social Roles and Activities Short Form 4a, which measures limitations in participation in usual social roles and activities due to health (higher scores indicate better participation).
- Change in perceived emotional supportBaseline up to 1 year
Assessed using the PROMIS Emotional Support Short Form 4a, which measures perceived availability of people who provide emotional support, such as care, understanding, and someone to listen (higher scores indicate more emotional support).
- Change in perceived informational supportBaseline up to 1 year
Assessed using the PROMIS Informational Support Short Form 4a, which measures perceived availability of people who provide advice, information, and guidance (higher scores indicate more informational support).
- Change in perceived instrumental supportBaseline up to 1 year
Assessed using the PROMIS Instrumental Support Short Form 4a, which measures perceived availability of people who provide practical help and assistance with tasks (higher scores indicate more instrumental support).
- Change in loneliness scoreBaseline up to 1 year
Assessed using the UCLA Loneliness Scale short form, which measures subjective feelings of loneliness and social disconnection (higher scores indicate greater loneliness).
- Change in social anxiety symptomsBaseline up to 1 year
Assessed using the Mini Social Phobia Inventory (Mini SPIN), a brief validated measure of social anxiety and fear of social interactions (higher scores indicate greater social anxiety).
- Change in social network densityBaseline up to 1 year
Assessed using a study developed egocentric social network questionnaire in which participants list up to 10 important adult social contacts and indicate which contacts know each other; density is calculated as the proportion of possible ties that are present (higher values indicate a more densely connected network).
- Change in proportion of supportive social tiesBaseline up to 1 year
Assessed using a study developed egocentric social network questionnaire that measures whether each named social contact provides social support and encouragement for physical activity; the outcome is the proportion of social ties providing support (higher values indicate a more supportive network).
- Change in frequency of social contactBaseline up to 1 year
Assessed using a study developed egocentric social network questionnaire that captures how often participants interact with each named social contact; the outcome is the average reported frequency of contact across alters (higher values indicate more frequent social contact).
- Change in total daily physical activityBaseline up to 1 year
Assessed using a wrist worn ActiGraph GT3X BT accelerometer worn for 7 consecutive days at each time point. Raw data are converted to monitor independent movement summary (MIMS) units, and total daily physical activity is represented by average daily MIMS units across valid wear days (higher values indicate more physical activity).
- Change in total daily sedentary timeBaseline up to 1 year
Assessed using a wrist worn ActiGraph GT3X BT accelerometer worn for 7 consecutive days at each time point. Sedentary time is calculated from accelerometer data as average minutes per day spent in sedentary behavior (e.g., low movement periods while awake) across valid wear days (higher values indicate more sedentary time).