A study about how women with breast cancer and women who do not have cancer spend their time

Please note - this trial is no longer recruiting patients. We hope to add results when they are available.

Cancer type:

Breast cancer

Status:

Closed

Phase:

Other

This study is for both women with breast cancer and women who don’t have cancer. The researchers want to find out how women spend their time on daily activities and how they would prefer to spend their time.

More about this trial

Having breast cancer can change what you think is important and how much time you spend on things each day.

In this study you fill in a questionnaire asking about:

any paid work you do
work you do around the house
looking after your children, other members of the family or someone else
any voluntary work you do
your leisure time and what you do to relax

The study team are asking women who have or had breast cancer, and women who have not had cancer. They will compare their answers to understand how women balance their time between their daily activities. The researchers will focus on:

how women decide to spend more or less time on an activity
trying to work out the value of time in terms of money
comparing the preferences of women with and without cancer

You won’t get any direct benefit from taking part in this study. But your answers could identify the social policies needed to help women do what they want with their time.

For example, women with breast cancer might prefer part-time work so they have a better balance between health, work and life. The answers from the survey might make it possible for social policy to allow more flexible working patterns so women can do this.

Who can enter

The following bullet points list the entry conditions for this study. Talk to your doctor or the study team if you are unsure about any of these. They will be able to advise you.

Who can take part

You may be able to join this study if you are a woman who has or had breast cancer or if you have not had cancer. And you are between 18 and 65 years old.

Who can’t take part

You cannot join this study if any of these apply. You:

are not able to read or write English
have a condition such as Parkinson’s disease, dementia, Alzheimer’s or any other condition that can affect your mental health even if it is mild

Trial design

The study team need the following to join the study:

200 women who have or had breast cancer
200 women who have not had cancer

You fill in a questionnaire online. The questions ask about:

how much time you spend doing different things during the day
how you would prefer to spend your time
what you feel about time including your general feeling about time and satisfaction with time spent on each daily activity
yourself, such as your education, if you are married or single, your general health, number of people you are living with

It should take around 20 to 25 minutes to complete the questionnaire.