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- Title
Exercise and Quality of Life (QoL) in Patients Undergoing Active Breast Cancer Treatment—Comparison of Three Modalities of a 24-Week Exercise Program—A Randomized Clinical Trial.
- Authors
Suárez-Alcázar, María-Pilar; García-Roca, M-Elena; Collado-Boira, Eladio J.; Recacha-Ponce, Paula; Temprado-Albalat, Maria Dolores; Baliño, Pablo; Muriach, María; Flores-Buils, Raquel; Salas-Medina, Pablo; Hernando, Carlos; Folch-Ayora, Ana
- Abstract
Background: Exercise is an accepted intervention to improve the quality of life (QoL) of breast cancer patients. Exercise programs have been developed, and all have shown satisfactory results in improving the QoL. There is a lack of research comparing different prescription modalities. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of physical exercise (in-person and home-based, compared to the exercise recommendation) on the QoL in breast cancer patients actively undergoing treatment. Methods: This is a randomized clinical trial with three groups (in-person: guided and supervised in-person exercise program; home-based exercise: guided and supervised exercise program with streaming monitoring both as a intervention groups; and recommendation: exercise recommendation as a control group). The QoL was measured using the EORTIC QLQ-C30 questionnaire. A baseline and 24-week analysis were investigated. Results: The total sample analyzed was n = 80. The QoL improved significantly at 24 weeks in the face-to-face and home-based exercise groups, but not in the control group. Exercise in all modalities improved fatigue, nausea, vomiting, appetite, and constipation. The QoL at 24 weeks depended on active chemotherapy, tumor type, and assigned exercise group (r2 = 0.503; p < 0.001). Conclusions: The QoL in breast cancer patients undergoing active treatment improved after a 24-week exercise program, especially in face-to-face and home-based exercise. Home-based exercise and streaming-based recommendation is a viable option for exercise recommendation.
- Subjects
SCALE analysis (Psychology); REPEATED measures design; CRONBACH'S alpha; RESEARCH funding; BREAST tumors; EXERCISE therapy; EVALUATION of human services programs; STATISTICAL sampling; QUESTIONNAIRES; HUMAN research subjects; FATIGUE (Physiology); MULTIPLE regression analysis; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; CANCER patients; FUNCTIONAL status; MANN Whitney U Test; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; QUALITY of life; INFORMED consent (Medical law); PERSONAL training; STATISTICS; ONE-way analysis of variance; HOME rehabilitation; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors; VOMITING; DATA analysis software; TIME; NAUSEA; ACTIVITIES of daily living
- Publication
Healthcare (2227-9032), 2024, Vol 12, Issue 11, p1107
- ISSN
2227-9032
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/healthcare12111107