Interventions to promote exercise in cancer survivors who report better levels of adherence share some common behaviour change techniques .
These involve setting programme goals , prompting practise and self-monitoring and encouraging participants to attempt to generalise behaviours learned in supervised exercise environments to other , non-supervised context s. However , expecting most sedentary survivors to achieve current guideline recommendations of at least 150 minutes per week of aerobic exercise is likely to be unrealistic .
BACKGROUND The beneficial effects of regular exercise for people living with or beyond cancer are becoming apparent .
However , how to promote exercise behaviour in sedentary cancer cohorts is not as well understood .
A large majority of people living with or recovering from cancer do not meet exercise recommendations .
Hence , review ing the evidence on how to promote and sustain exercise behaviour is important .
OBJECTIVES To assess the effects of interventions to promote exercise behaviour in sedentary people living with and beyond cancer and to address the following questions : Which interventions are most effective in improving aerobic fitness and skeletal muscle strength and endurance ?
What adverse effects are attributed to different exercise interventions ?
Which interventions are most effective in improving exercise behaviour amongst patients with different cancers ?
Which interventions are most likely to promote long-term ( 12 months or longer ) exercise behaviour ?
What frequency of contact with exercise professionals is associated with increased exercise behaviour ?
What theoretical basis is most often associated with increased exercise behaviour ?
What behaviour change techniques are most often associated with increased exercise behaviour ?
Randomized trial of exercise therapy in women treated for breast cancer.
PURPOSE To examine the effects of aerobic exercise therapy on quality of life ( QoL ) and associated outcomes in women treated for breast cancer . Evidence suggests that exercise may be beneficial , but no trial has included an exercise-placebo and a usual-care group to control for the attention effects that might be associated with aerobic exercise interventions in cancer patients . PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 108 women who had been treated for breast cancer 12 to 36 months previously were r and omly assigned to supervised aerobic exercise therapy ( n = 34 ) , exercise-placebo ( body conditioning ; n = 36 ) , or usual care ( n = 38 ) . Exercise therapy and exercise-placebo sessions took place three times per week for 8 weeks . Outcomes included QoL , depression , exercise behavior , aerobic fitness ; outcomes were assessed at baseline and at the 8- and 24-week follow-up . RESULTS Analyses of covariance revealed a significant mean difference of 9.8 units in Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General ( primary outcome ) favoring aerobic exercise therapy at 8 weeks , relative to usual care . Significant differences that favored aerobic exercise therapy relative to usual care were recorded for Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast , social/family well-being , functional well-being , and breast cancer subscale scores at 8-week follow-up . Psychological health outcomes improved modestly for both intervention groups ; these improvements were sustained for several end points . CONCLUSION Exercise therapy had large , clinical ly meaningful , short-term beneficial effects on QoL in women treated for breast cancer ; this finding can not be attributable to attention , given that the exercise-placebo group did not report similar effects relative to usual care
Interventions to promote exercise in cancer survivors who report better levels of adherence share some common behaviour change techniques .
These involve setting programme goals , prompting practise and self-monitoring and encouraging participants to attempt to generalise behaviours learned in supervised exercise environments to other , non-supervised context s. However , expecting most sedentary survivors to achieve current guideline recommendations of at least 150 minutes per week of aerobic exercise is likely to be unrealistic .
BACKGROUND The beneficial effects of regular exercise for people living with or beyond cancer are becoming apparent .
However , how to promote exercise behaviour in sedentary cancer cohorts is not as well understood .
A large majority of people living with or recovering from cancer do not meet exercise recommendations .
Hence , review ing the evidence on how to promote and sustain exercise behaviour is important .
OBJECTIVES To assess the effects of interventions to promote exercise behaviour in sedentary people living with and beyond cancer and to address the following questions : Which interventions are most effective in improving aerobic fitness and skeletal muscle strength and endurance ?
What adverse effects are attributed to different exercise interventions ?
Which interventions are most effective in improving exercise behaviour amongst patients with different cancers ?
Which interventions are most likely to promote long-term ( 12 months or longer ) exercise behaviour ?
What frequency of contact with exercise professionals is associated with increased exercise behaviour ?
What theoretical basis is most often associated with increased exercise behaviour ?
What behaviour change techniques are most often associated with increased exercise behaviour ?