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 ?
A diet, physical activity, and stress reduction intervention in men with rising prostate-specific antigen after treatment for prostate cancer.
BACKGROUND Nearly 35 % of men treated for prostate cancer ( PrCA ) will experience biochemically defined recurrence , noted by a rise in PSA , within 10 years of definitive therapy . Diet , physical activity , and stress reduction may affect tumor promotion and disease progression . METHODS A r and omized trial of an intensive diet , physical activity , and meditation intervention was conducted in men with rising post-treatment PSA after definitive treatment for PrCA . Intention-to-treat methods were used to compare usual care to the intervention in 47 men with complete data . Signal detection methods were used to identify dietary factors associated with PSA change . RESULTS The intervention and control groups did not differ statistically on any demographic or disease-related factor . Although the intervention group experienced decreases of 39 % in intakes of saturated fatty acid ( SFA as percent of total calories ) ( p<0.0001 ) and 12 % in total energy intake ( 218 kcal/day , p<0.05 ) ] , no difference in PSA change was observed by intervention status . Signal detection methods indicated that in men increasing their consumption of fruit , 56 % experienced no rise in PSA ( vs. 29 % in men who did not increase their fruit intake ) . Among men who increased fruit and fiber intakes , PSA increased in 83 % of participants who also increased saturated fatty acid intake ( vs. 44 % in participants who decreased or maintained saturated fatty acid intake ) . CONCLUSION Results are discussed in the context of conventional treatment strategies that were more aggressive when this study was being conducted in the mid-2000s . Positive health changes in a number of lifestyle parameters were observed with the intervention , and both increased fruit and reduced saturated fat intakes were associated with maintaining PSA levels in men with biochemically recurrent disease
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 ?