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- Title
Energy Through Motion©: An Evidence-Based Exercise Program to Reduce Cancer-Related Fatigue and Improve Quality of Life.
- Authors
Huether, Katie; Abbott, Linda; Cullen, Laura; Cullen, Liz; Gaarde, Ami
- Abstract
Background: Evidence supports addressing cancer-related fatigue (CRF) with activity. Activity promotion is feasible during and following cancer treatment and improves patient outcomes. Objectives: This project provided an evidence-based activity program for adult cancer survivors after treatment to reduce CRF and improve quality of life. Methods: The Iowa Model of Evidence-Based Practice to Promote Quality Care guided development of the activity promotion evidence-based practice project. This included evidence review, creation of an evidence-based activity intervention, and evaluation of the practice change. Two groups participated in the project; one group, the usual care group, provided baseline data and received "usual" instructions for activity, fatigue, and sleep, whereas the Energy Through Motion© (ETM) activity group received a three-month activity intervention with prepackaged ETM kits and follow-up phone calls. Findings: Patients in the ETM activity group had increased activity levels, whereas those in the usual care group had decreased activity levels. Fatigue levels in the ETM activity group decreased, and quality of life improved. This project supports nurse-led activity promotion as useful in addressing CRF and feasible for use in a busy clinical setting.
- Subjects
IOWA; EVALUATION of medical care; NURSING audit; CANCER fatigue; ONCOLOGY nursing; CANCER patients; CANCER treatment; EXPERIMENTAL design; FISHER exact test; INTELLECT; NURSE practitioners; NURSING models; PATIENT education; QUALITY of life; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH funding; STATISTICAL sampling; SCALE analysis (Psychology); T-test (Statistics); TEACHING aids; SPECIALTY hospitals; EVIDENCE-based nursing; HUMAN services programs; PHYSICAL activity; EVALUATION of human services programs; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; PREVENTION
- Publication
Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 2016, Vol 20, Issue 3, pE60
- ISSN
1092-1095
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1188/16.CJON.E60-E70