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 ?
A progressive postresection walking program significantly improves fatigue and health-related quality of life in pancreas and periampullary cancer patients.
BACKGROUND As patients with pancreas and periampullary cancer ( PPC ) experience improved survival rates and longevity , the focus shifts toward living life while surviving cancer . Fatigue is the most commonly reported symptom in all cancer patients .  Exercise has been found to effectively decrease fatigue levels and improve physical functioning in cancer patients . STUDY DESIGN One hundred two patients with resected PPC consented to participate in this study and were r and omized to either an intervention group ( IG ) or a usual care group ( UCG ) . Subjects completed visual analog scales , the FACIT-Fatigue Scale and the Short Form-36v2 after surgery and again 3 to 6 months after hospital discharge . RESULTS Patients in the IG and UCG were comparable with regard to demographics , comorbidities , cancer type and staging , type of resection , preoperative fatigue and pain levels , adjuvant therapy , and baseline walking distance . Patients in the IG had significantly improved scores on the FACIT-Fatigue Scale at study completion , improved fatigue and pain scores , as well as overall physical functioning and mental health composite scores . At study completion , participants in the IG were walking twice as far and were significantly more likely to have continued walking or another form of exercise as compared with the UCG . Using hierarchical cluster analysis , 3 mutually exclusive symptom groupings were identified in the cohort . Kaplan-Meier survival analysis did not indicate an overall survival benefit for the IG . CONCLUSIONS This is the first prospect i ve , r and omized controlled trial to report that participation in a home walking program confers a significant benefit in resected PPC patients with regard to fatigue levels , physical functioning , and health-related quality of life
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 ?