Comparison arm: Content and structure of a holiday program
cancer
SEPARATION, CANCER, HOLIDAY
Extensive discussions with researchers, patients and public representatives led to the design of a holiday program as an appropriate comparison arm. A holiday program was aimed to control for attention, group support and separation from home and job life, all factors that may positively influence the health and well-being of childhood and AYA cancer survivors [Activities in the holiday program included, amongst others: Spa, fine dining, watching movies, reading, games, and visiting museums. Guided group gatherings took place twice a day (morning: check-in, evening: check-out) involving talking with and listening to how everyone was doing. The holiday program did not include guided nature, outdoor or structured physical activities.Just like the WAYA program, the holiday program consisted of three parts: 1) An eight-day holiday; 2) A three-month period in between where participants were contacted twice to discuss how they were doing; and 3) A four-day holiday (Fig. 