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 ?
Effects of self-directed stress management training and home-based exercise on stress management skills in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.
Although exercise may be used by some to decrease distress , little is known about how it may contribute to stress management ( SM ) among patients receiving chemotherapy . We evaluated whether exercise separately or in combination with SM training is effective at increasing perceived ability to manage stress .  Patients receiving chemotherapy ( N = 391 ) were r and omized to receive usual care only ( UCO ) , SM , exercise ( EX ) , or stress management and exercise ( SMEX ) .  They completed the Measure of Current Status prior to receiving chemotherapy and 12 weeks after the first infusion . We hypothesized that participants r and omized to an intervention condition would report improvements in relaxation , awareness of tension , getting needs met and coping confidence compared with those receiving UCO . Results indicated significant group-by-time interactions for the following : relaxation ( UCO versus SM , p = 0.008 ) , awareness of tension ( UCO versus SMEX , p = 0.029 and UCO versus EX , p < 0.001 ) , getting needs met ( UCO versus SMEX , p = 0.020 ) and Measure of Current Status total score ( UCO versus SMEX , p = 0.007 and UCO versus EX , p = 0.016 ) . There were no group-by-time interactions for coping confidence ( p-values > 0.05 ) . This study provides support for including an exercise component in SM interventions for cancer patients receiving chemotherapy ( clinical trials.gov identifier : NCT00740038 )
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 ?