Preliminary work from this review suggests that exercise intervention compared with usual care both pre and post-surgery is associated with improved cardiopulmonary exercise capacity , increased muscle strength and reduced fatigue , post-operative complications and hospital length of stay .
BACKGROUND Surgery remains the best curative option for appropriately selected patients with lung cancer .
Evidence suggests that improving cardiovascular fitness and functional capacity can accelerate post-surgery recovery and reduce mortality .
However , the effect of exercise intervention for patients surgically treated for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer [ NCSLC ] has not been fully examined .
PURPOSE This review examines the literature regarding exercise intervention for patients who are surgically treated for NSCLC focussing on three key areas : method ological quality , intervention design ( e.g. duration , frequency , type ) and outcomes measured .
Correlates of adherence to supervised exercise in patients awaiting surgical removal of malignant lung lesions: results of a pilot study.
PURPOSE / OBJECTIVES To examine the demographic , medical , and social-cognitive correlates of adherence to a presurgical exercise training intervention in patients awaiting surgery for suspected malignant lung lesions . DESIGN Pilot study , single-group , prospect i ve design with convenience sampling . SETTING Exercise training was performed at a university research fitness center in western Canada . SAMPLE 19 patients awaiting surgical resection of suspected malignant lung lesions . METHODS At baseline , participants completed a question naire including the Theory of Planned Behavior variables of perceived behavioral control , attitude , and subjective norm , as well as medical and demographic information . Participants were asked to attend five supervised exercise sessions per week during surgical wait time ( X = 8 + /- 2.4 weeks ) . MAIN RESEARCH VARIABLES Theory of Planned Behavior variables and exercise adherence . FINDINGS Adherence to the exercise intervention was 73 % ( range = 0%-100 % ) . Correlates of adherence were perceived behavioral control ( r = 0.63 ; p = 0.004 ) and subjective norm ( r = 0.51 ; p = 0.014 ) . Participants with greater than 80 % adherence reported significantly higher behavioral control than participants with less than 80 % adherence ( X difference = 1.1 ; 95 % confidence interval = 0.1 - 2.2 ; p = 0.035 ) . Men had better adherence than women ( X difference = 24.9 % ; 95 % confidence interval = 0.4 - 49.4 ; p = 0.047 ) . CONCLUSIONS Perceived behavioral control and subjective norm were the strongest correlates of exercise adherence . Women could be at risk for poor exercise adherence prior to lung surgery . IMPLICATION S FOR NURSING This information could be useful for clinicians in their attempts to improve adherence to exercise interventions in patients awaiting surgery for malignant lung lesions
Preliminary work from this review suggests that exercise intervention compared with usual care both pre and post-surgery is associated with improved cardiopulmonary exercise capacity , increased muscle strength and reduced fatigue , post-operative complications and hospital length of stay .
BACKGROUND Surgery remains the best curative option for appropriately selected patients with lung cancer .
Evidence suggests that improving cardiovascular fitness and functional capacity can accelerate post-surgery recovery and reduce mortality .
However , the effect of exercise intervention for patients surgically treated for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer [ NCSLC ] has not been fully examined .
PURPOSE This review examines the literature regarding exercise intervention for patients who are surgically treated for NSCLC focussing on three key areas : method ological quality , intervention design ( e.g. duration , frequency , type ) and outcomes measured .