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 ?
Efficacy of walking exercise in promoting cognitive-psychosocial functions in men with prostate cancer receiving androgen deprivation therapy
Background Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed non-melanoma cancer among men .  And rogen deprivation therapy ( ADT ) has been the core therapy for men with advanced prostate cancer . It is only in recent years that clinicians began to recognize the cognitive-psychosocial side effects from ADT , which significantly compromise the quality of life of prostate cancer survivors . The objectives of the study are to determine the efficacy of a simple and accessible home-based , walking exercise program in promoting cognitive and psychosocial functions of men with prostate cancer receiving ADT . Methods A 6-month prospect i ve , single-blinded , r and omized controlled trial will be conducted to compare the Exercise Group with the Control Group .  Twenty men with prostate cancer starting ADT will be recruited and r and omly assigned to one of the two groups : the Exercise Group will receive instructions in setting up an individualized 6-month home-based , walking exercise program , while the Control Group will receive st and ard medical advice from the attending physician . The primary outcomes will be psychosocial and cognitive functions . Cognitive functions including memory , attention , working memory , and executive function will be assessed using a battery of neurocognitive tests at baseline and 6 months . Psychosocial functions including depression , anxiety and self-esteem will be assessed at baseline , 3 and 6 months using the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale , Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory , and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale . Discussion The significance of the cognitive-psychosocial side effects of ADT in men with prostate cancer has only been recently recognized , and the management remains unclear . This study addresses this issue by design ing a simple and accessible home-based , exercise program that may potentially have significant impact on reducing the cognitive and psychosocial side effects of ADT , and ultimately improving the health-related quality of life in men with prostate cancer receiving ADT.Trial registration
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 ?