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 ?
Improving sexual health in men with prostate cancer: randomised controlled trial of exercise and psychosexual therapies
Background Despite being a critical survivorship care issue , there is a clear gap in current knowledge of the optimal treatment of  sexual dysfunction in men with prostate cancer . There is sound theoretical rationale and emerging evidence that exercise may be an innovative therapy to counteract sexual dysfunction in men with prostate cancer . Furthermore , despite the multidimensional aetiology of sexual dysfunction , there is a paucity of research investigating the efficacy of integrated treatment models . Therefore , the purpose of this study is to : 1 ) examine the efficacy of exercise as a therapy to aid in the management of sexual dysfunction in men with prostate cancer ; 2 ) determine if combining exercise and brief psychosexual intervention results in more pronounced improvements in sexual health ; and 3 ) assess if any benefit of exercise and psychosexual intervention on sexual dysfunction is sustained long term . Methods / Design A three-arm , multi-site r and omised controlled trial involving 240 prostate cancer survivors will be implemented . Participants will be r and omised to : 1 ) ‘ Exercise ’ intervention ; 2 ) ‘ Exercise + Psychosexual ’ intervention ; or 3 ) ‘ Usual Care ’ . The Exercise group will receive a 6-month , group based , supervised resistance and aerobic exercise intervention . The Exercise + Psychosexual group will receive the same exercise intervention plus a brief psychosexual self-management intervention that addresses psychological and sexual well-being . The Usual Care group will maintain st and ard care for 6 months . Measurements for primary and secondary endpoints will take place at baseline , 6 months ( post-intervention ) and 1 year follow-up . The primary endpoint is sexual health and secondary endpoints include key factors associated with sexual health in men with prostate cancer . Discussion Sexual dysfunction is one of the most prevalent and distressing consequences of prostate cancer . Despite this , very little is known about the management of sexual dysfunction and current health care services do not adequately meet sexual health needs of survivors . This project will examine the potential role of exercise in the management of sexual dysfunction and evaluate a potential best- practice management approach by integrating pharmacological , physiological and psychological treatment modalities to address the complex and multifaceted aetiology of sexual dysfunction following cancer . Trial registration Australian New Zeal and Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12613001179729
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 ?