Outcome
Type |
Measure |
Description |
Time frame |
Safety issue |
Primary |
Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - (FACIT) |
The effects of light therapy and occupational therapy (OT) on FACIT will be evaluated by comparing light therapy to no-light therapy and comparing occupational therapy to no-occupational therapy. Analysis of variance test will be used for the factorial comparisons, with a two-sided statistical significance level (alpha = 0.05). The interaction between occupational therapy and light therapy will be explored (to understand whether the effect of light therapy [if any] on FACIT would change with occupational therapy and vice versa). The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT- fatigue scale) is a 13-item patient-reported measure of fatigue. Items are scored on a 0 - 4 response scale with anchors ranging from "Not at all" to "Very much so". To score the FACIT-fatigue, all items are summed to create a single fatigue score with a range from 0 to 52. The higher the score, the better the Quality of Life (QoL). |
At baseline |
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Primary |
Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - (FACIT) |
The effects of light therapy and occupational therapy (OT) on FACIT will be evaluated by comparing light therapy to no-light therapy and comparing occupational therapy to no-occupational therapy. Analysis of variance test will be used for the factorial comparisons, with a two-sided statistical significance level (alpha = 0.05). The interaction between occupational therapy and light therapy will be explored (to understand whether the effect of light therapy [if any] on FACIT would change with occupational therapy and vice versa). The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT- fatigue scale) is a 13-item patient-reported measure of fatigue. Items are scored on a 0 - 4 response scale with anchors ranging from "Not at all" to "Very much so". To score the FACIT-fatigue, all items are summed to create a single fatigue score with a range from 0 to 52. The higher the score, the better the Quality of Life (QoL). |
6 weeks after baseline |
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Primary |
Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - (FACIT) |
The effects of light therapy and occupational therapy (OT) on FACIT will be evaluated by comparing light therapy to no-light therapy and comparing occupational therapy to no-occupational therapy. Analysis of variance test will be used for the factorial comparisons, with a two-sided statistical significance level (alpha = 0.05). The interaction between occupational therapy and light therapy will be explored (to understand whether the effect of light therapy [if any] on FACIT would change with occupational therapy and vice versa). The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT- fatigue scale) is a 13-item patient-reported measure of fatigue. Items are scored on a 0 - 4 response scale with anchors ranging from "Not at all" to "Very much so". To score the FACIT-fatigue, all items are summed to create a single fatigue score with a range from 0 to 52. The higher the score, the better the Quality of Life (QoL). |
3 months after baseline |
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Secondary |
Longitudinal change in FACIT-Fatigue scores |
Will evaluate whether the longitudinal change in FACIT-Fatigue scores, is significantly different between the intervention groups, including the control group. The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT- fatigue scale) is a 13-item patient-reported measure of fatigue. Items are scored on a 0 - 4 response scale with anchors ranging from "Not at all" to "Very much so". To score the FACIT-fatigue, all items are summed to create a single fatigue score with a range from 0 to 52. The higher the score, the better the QoL. |
Baseline |
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Secondary |
Longitudinal change in FACIT-Fatigue scores |
Will evaluate whether the longitudinal change in FACIT-Fatigue scores, is significantly different between the intervention groups, including the control group. The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT- fatigue scale) is a 13-item patient-reported measure of fatigue. Items are scored on a 0 - 4 response scale with anchors ranging from "Not at all" to "Very much so". To score the FACIT-fatigue, all items are summed to create a single fatigue score with a range from 0 to 52. The higher the score, the better the QoL. |
6 weeks after baseline |
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Secondary |
Longitudinal change in FACIT-Fatigue scores |
Will evaluate whether the longitudinal change in FACIT-Fatigue scores, is significantly different between the intervention groups, including the control group. The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT- fatigue scale) is a 13-item patient-reported measure of fatigue. Items are scored on a 0 - 4 response scale with anchors ranging from "Not at all" to "Very much so". To score the FACIT-fatigue, all items are summed to create a single fatigue score with a range from 0 to 52. The higher the score, the better the QoL. |
3 months after baseline |
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Secondary |
Self-reported occupational performance - Baseline |
Will determine if an OT-based intervention can improve self-reported occupational performance from preassessment to immediately after time point 2 (session 6) This outcome measure is Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM). Its administration involves four steps: (a) the patient is asked to identify occupations that are difficult for him or her in self-care, productivity and leisure; (b) the importance of these problem occupations is rated on a scale of 1-10 in terms of importance (1 = least important, 10 = most important); (c) patients' perceptions of performance and satisfaction with their five most important problems are rated on two separate 10-point scales (performance 1 = not able to do it, 10 = able to do it extremely well; satisfaction 1 = not satisfied at all, 10 = extremely satisfied) and finally (d) at reassessment both the performance and satisfaction ratings are repeated (and the change between assessment and reassessment is evaluated). |
Baseline |
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Secondary |
Self-reported occupational performance - session 6 |
Will determine if an OT-based intervention can improve self-reported occupational performance from preassessment to immediately after time point 2 (session 6) This outcome measure is Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM). Its administration involves four steps: (a) the patient is asked to identify occupations that are difficult for him or her in self-care, productivity and leisure; (b) the importance of these problem occupations is rated on a scale of 1-10 in terms of importance (1 = least important, 10 = most important); (c) patients' perceptions of performance and satisfaction with their five most important problems are rated on two separate 10-point scales (performance 1 = not able to do it, 10 = able to do it extremely well; satisfaction 1 = not satisfied at all, 10 = extremely satisfied) and finally (d) at reassessment both the performance and satisfaction ratings are repeated (and the change between assessment and reassessment is evaluated). |
6 weeks after baseline |
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