Overview
The goal of this feasibility study is to test a newly developed, multicomponent prehabilitation intervention to patients with prostate cancer, to improve their resilience to treatment side-effects. The main questions it aims to answer are:
- Are patients and their close relatives willing to take part in prehabilitation?
- What is the acceptability and feasibility of the prehabilitation intervention, seen from the perspectives of patients, their close relatives, and healthcare professionals?
- Are the planned data collection methods feasible, and are there indications of a clinical effect?
Participants will:
- Take part in 12 weeks of physical exercise training
- Attend a 4-day residential prehabilitation intervention, where they receive education and do exercises. After 12 weeks, it is possible to take part in a voluntary follow-up session.
- Patients will respond to questionnaires about their health, symptoms, and quality of life. Patients and their close relatives will attend a group interview. Patients will also complete an exercise diary and brief physical tests
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosed with prostate cancer
- min 18 years old
- Treatment: Androgen deprivation therapy and raditation therapy
- Resident in Vejle Municipality or Esbjerg Municipality
- Can take part in residential prehabiliation in week 43 or 50, 2025, as well as physical exsercise training in the municipality
- Willing to take part in a research study
- Suited to take part in group sessions
- Be able to read and be understood in Danish
- Be responsible for own personal hygiene and medications at the 4-day residential stay
Exclusion Criteria:
- Persons who do not fulfil the inclusion criteria will be excluded