Attitudes, Beliefs, and Preferences of Older Stage I-III Breast Cancer Survivors Towards Physical Activity

Study Summary

This clinical trial studies the attitudes, beliefs, and preferences of older stage I-III breast cancer survivors towards physical activity. Studies have shown that older African-American and women of lower socioeconomic status are more likely than their Caucasian counterparts and women of higher socioeconomic status to have functional disability at the time of a new breast cancer diagnosis. Functional disability is the inability to independently complete activities of daily living and increases health care costs and deaths. The poor health status of older African-Americans with breast cancer has been suggested to diminish the long-term benefits from cancer treatment, resulting in older African-American women more likely to die from breast cancer compared to Caucasians. Questionnaires that measure the attitudes, beliefs, and preferences of older breast cancer survivors may lead to the development of an intervention that increases physical activity, improves functional and health status, and improves breast cancer treatment benefits translating to improved survival among older breast cancer survivors in general, and in particular among older African-American and lower socioeconomic status women with breast cancer.

Primary Outcome

Features of the physical activity program that are important to the initial enrollment of older breast cancer survivors, particularly African American and Socioeconomic Status disadvantaged breast cancer survivors. These features will be analyzed using descriptive statistics. Examining the data by groups will further refine understanding of the emergent themes. Discussion of the findings and suggestions for interpretation will be used to guide subsequent analyses to more fully understand the the

Interventions

• OTHER One-on-one interview
• OTHER Survey Questions