Clinical trial · Observational
Breast Cancer Rehabilitation Needs and Service Uptake
Prevalence of Cancer Rehabilitation Needs and Drivers of Rehabilitation Service Uptake in Breast Cancer Survivors
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The investigators are attempting to verify the prevalence of cancer rehabilitation needs at our institution in breast cancer patients. The investigators also want to assess 1) self-perceived needs for cancer rehabilitation services, 2) awareness, willingness, and patient health beliefs as determinants for cancer rehabilitation-seeking behaviour, and 3) the modifiable patient factors driving the mismatch between needs and uptake in our population. Patients attending outpatient clinics in our hospital will be approached to answer a questionnaire designed to find out this information. The investigators hope that the results will ultimately inform the design of better triage and referral systems that match patients to services based on their rehabilitation needs. The investigators believe that local survivors of breast cancer have unmet rehabilitation needs and that it is possible to evaluate their readiness to seek access to rehabilitation services as well as identify mismatches between provided and desired services through the administration of a cancer rehabilitation questionnaire (CRQ).
Conditions
Conditions (3)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Cancer | Malignant Breast Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Cancer Survivorship | Breast Neoplasm | PROBABILISTIC | 0.70 |
| Health Attitude | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
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Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- label
- Eligible patients
- description
- Female patients from the Breast Surgery clinic at Changi General Hospital (with referrals from the on-site Medical Oncology clinic). A consecutive purposive sample of 400 participants will be recruited. There are no race-based or minority-based subject restrictions. Male patients with breast cancer are rare and are thus excluded from recruitment. Patients will be approached by a clinical research co-ordinator (CRC) or study team member who will explain the study and seek consent for recruitment.
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Symptom/impairment prevalence
- timeFrame
- At the point of recruitment
- description
- The prevalence of reported symptoms and impairments among breast cancer survivors.
Secondary outcomes (4)
- measure
- Awareness of available support
- timeFrame
- At the point of recruitment
- description
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 21 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Female patients 2. Age 21yrs old and above 3. Histological diagnosis of breast cancer at any stage (or clinical consensus at a Tumour Board meeting, for example if the condition is metastatic and biopsy is not indicated for any reason) 4. Started treatment (surgical, medical, radiotherapeutic, or otherwise) with curative or palliative intent 5. Speak English, Mandarin, or Malay, or Tamil, and are able to understand a verbally-translated version of the questionnaire 6. Able to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: 1. Unable to answer the questionnaire for any reasons such as cognitive impairment or sensory dysfunction 2. Declined participation
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