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. 2022 May 16;12(5):e059952. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059952

Table 1.

Study eligibility criteria

Cancer Survivor
(Inclusion Criteria)
Cancer Survivor
(Exclusion Criteria)
Carer
(Inclusion Criteria)
Withdrawal Criteria
(If Applicable)
≥18 years of age Presence of severe mental, cognitive or physical conditions that would limit the person’s ability to participate. This ensures patients have the capacity to provide informed consent, and participation in the study will not pose unethical burden on the person. ≥18 years of age Altered mental capacity resulting in inability to provide continuing informed consent.
Have a definitive diagnosis of solid tumour or haematological cancer
Receive care at the Princess Alexandra Hospital outpatient clinics
Self-endorsing or identified by cancer survivors as ‘a relative, friend, or partner who you have a close relationship with and who assists you with medical care on a regular basis and who may or may not live in the same residence as you and who is not paid for their help’.
Be 6-week post completion of primary cancer treatment (ie, surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy) or have completed at least 3 months of maintenance treatment (ie, hormone therapy, immunotherapy chemotherapy) Known prognosis of <6 months at the discretion of the treating clinician. This ensures participation in this study will not pose unethical burden on cancer survivors nearing end of life. The caregiver’s care recipient must be participating in the study. Unforeseeable circumstances where participation in this study may pose unethical burden on the cancer survivor and/or carer or hinder their ability to provide informed consent.
≥4 on the global fatigue score of the Brief Fatigue Inventory Medical conditions or circumstances (eg, active infections) where participation in this study may pose unethical burden on the cancer survivor or hinder their ability to provide informed consent or participate. Death
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of ≤2
Not currently receiving specialist palliative care
Have access to a telephone/mobile device or a computer and internet connection.
Agrees and has the capacity to upload wearable device data