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 ?
The effect of seated exercise on fatigue and quality of life in women with advanced breast cancer.
PURPOSE / OBJECTIVES To examine the effects of a seated exercise program on fatigue and quality of life ( QOL ) in women with metastatic breast cancer . DESIGN R and omized , controlled , longitudinal trial . SETTING Outpatient clinic of a comprehensive cancer center . SAMPLE Convenience sample of 38 women who were beginning outpatient chemotherapy . METHODS Subjects were r and omized to a control or intervention group ; the intervention was performance of a seated exercise program using home videotape three times per week for four cycles of chemotherapy . All subjects completed the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy Fatigue Version IV ( FACIT F ) at baseline and at the time of the next three cycles . Subjects were asked to document the frequency , duration , and intensity of all exercise participation on monthly calendars . MAIN RESEARCH VARIABLES Exercise , fatigue , and QOL . FINDINGS 32 subjects , 16 per group , completed the study follow-up . With a mixed modeling approach , total FACIT F scores for the entire sample declined at a significant rate ( p = 0.003 ) beginning with cycle 3 but at a slower rate for the experimental group ( p = 0.02 ) . Fatigue scores indicated less increase and physical well-being subscale scores showed less decline for the experimental group ( p = 0.008 and p = 0.02 , respectively ) . CONCLUSIONS Women with advanced breast cancer r and omized to the seated exercise intervention had a slower decline in total and physical well-being and less increase in fatigue scores starting with the third cycle of chemotherapy . IMPLICATION S FOR NURSING Seated exercise may be a feasible exercise program for women with advanced cancer for controlling fatigue and improving physical well-being
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 ?