Effect of a Pedometer-based Exercise Program on Cancer Related Fatigue and Quality of Life amongst Patients with Breast Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy
| Autor: | K Vijaya Kumar, Prakash P U Saxena, Aagna R. Gandhi, Prasanna Mithra, Stephen Rajan Samuel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0301 basic medicine
Adult medicine.medical_specialty Non-Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic medicine.medical_treatment Breast Neoplasms Fitness Trackers law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Breast cancer Quality of life Randomized controlled trial law Statistical significance Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols medicine Humans Cancer-related fatigue Chemotherapy pedometer business.industry Cancer General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Prognosis Exercise Therapy 030104 developmental biology quality of life 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Case-Control Studies Pedometer Physical therapy Female fatigue medicine.symptom business Follow-Up Studies Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention : APJCP |
| ISSN: | 2476-762X |
| Popis: | Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer amongst Indian women. Cancer treatments leads to various side effects out of which Cancer-Related fatigue (CRF) is one of the most under-addressed side-effects. It is experienced the most in patients receiving chemotherapy. Exercise has been proven to be a beneficial intervention to manage CRF but the benefits of pedometer-based exercise programs is under-studied in patients with breast cancer. Hence, we set out to investigate the effects of a pedometer-based exercise program for patients with breast receiving chemotherapy. Methods: The current study was a non-randomized controlled trial with 22 patients each in exercise and control group. The exercise group received a pedometer-based walking program, whereas the control group received standard physical activity advice. Fatigue, quality of life, functional capacity and body composition were assessed at baseline, 3rd week and 7th week. Results: At the end of 7 weeks intervention, functional capacity, quality of life and skeletal mass were found to have improved with statistical significance, while the fatigue and changes in total fat did improve but were not statistically significant. Conclusion: A 7-week pedometer-based exercise program improved functional capacity, quality of life and percentage of skeletal mass and also shows to have prevented deterioration in fatigue levels in patients with breast cancer receiving chemotherapy |
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