Eliciting peoples’ preferences for Healthy Eating and Active Lifestyle
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Eliciting peoples’ preferences for Healthy Eating and Active Lifestyle Intervention After Treatment for Colorectal Cancer using Discrete Choice Experiments.
IRAS ID
165098
Contact name
Sorrel Burden
Contact email
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 4 months, 15 days
Research summary
The number of people who are living after cancer is now estimated at 1.6 million and this is set to increase in the UK and 11% of these people have had a diagnosis of colorectal cancer (CRC). There is an agreement in the literature that people who have survived cancer have a higher number of other health problems and secondary cancers compared to those without a cancer diagnosis. It is suggested that improving lifestyles of people after cancer may improve the health of individuals. Diet and activity levels have been linked to the cause of CRC and other conditions people can have after a diagnosis of cancer. People are often more willing to change their lifestyle behaviours after a cancer diagnosis.
A review of current research on dietary intervention in survivors of cancer treatment has been used to inform the proposed survey, along with interviews with people after treatment for CRC. This survey is asking people who have had CRC to tell us their preferences in relation how to provide healthy lifestyle advice to encourage healthy behavioural changes. The study uses a questionnaire with multiple choices options to ask people what their choice would be for situations that could be used to deliver a healthy eating and activity intervention. Within the questionnaire people are asked to respond to questions about situations on where the intervention is delivered, who they would like to deliver the intervention or what medium they would like the information provided. A cost is assigned to each situation which allows us to assess how much value people would place on the provision of the intervention in the different forms.
Study aims are to determine people preferred option for the delivery of a healthy lifestyle intervention after they have survived CRC to prevent further cancer and other medical conditions.REC name
London - South East Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/LO/0399
Date of REC Opinion
1 Mar 2015
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion