Barriers and facilitators to exercise among adult cancer survivors in Singapore.
Purpose: Exercise can help cancer survivors manage sequela, treatment side effects, improve overall quality of life, and is recommended for most. The purpose of this study was to investigate exercise behavior and factors influencing exercise engagement among cancer survivors at the National Cancer C...
| Publicado en: | Supportive Care in Cancer Vol. 30; no. 6; pp. 4867 - 4879 |
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Springer Nature
Jun2022
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=156548652&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 156548652 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 09414355 O1J jtl: Supportive Care in Cancer issn: 09414355 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2022 vid: 30 iid: 6 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 156548652 156548652 NLM35156143 10.1007/s00520-022-06893-y NLM35156143 156548652 ppf: 4867 ppct: 12 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Barriers and facilitators to exercise among adult cancer survivors in Singapore. aug: au: Chan, Alexandre Ports, Kayleen Neo, Patricia Ramalingam, Mothi Babu Lim, Ang Tee Tan, Benedict Hart, Nicolas H. Chan, Raymond J. Loh, Kiley affil: Department of Clinical Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, Irvine, USA sug: subj: Breast Neoplasms Retrospective Design Singapore Cross Sectional Studies Female Exercise Adult Quality of Life Ferrans and Powers Quality of Life Index Exercise of Self-Care Agency Scale Adult: 19-44 years Female ab: Purpose: Exercise can help cancer survivors manage sequela, treatment side effects, improve overall quality of life, and is recommended for most. The purpose of this study was to investigate exercise behavior and factors influencing exercise engagement among cancer survivors at the National Cancer Centre, Singapore (NCCS).Methods: This cross-sectional study was inclusive of survivors of all cancer types and stages who were at least 21 years of age and had undergone chemotherapy at the NCCS. Surveys were utilized to assess survivor barriers and facilitators to exercise and to retrospectively assess physical activity and exercise behaviors at 4 cancer-related time periods (pre-diagnosis and post-diagnosis before, during, or after chemotherapy).Results: A total of 102 cancer survivors were enrolled; 60% were diagnosed with stage IV cancer. Predominant cancer types included lower gastrointestinal tract (25.5%) and breast cancer (21.6%). Prior to cancer diagnosis, 90.2% of participants reported aerobic activity satisfying NCCN guidelines. Significant reductions in reported exercise, and physical activity, were observed following cancer diagnosis that persisted during chemotherapy. Key exercise facilitators included the desire to remain healthy (86.3%) and to improve sleep and mental well-being (73.5%). Key barriers included side effects of treatment (52.0%). Only 46.1% of survivors reported receiving exercise guidance from healthcare professionals following diagnosis.Conclusion: Overall, even among this notably active cohort of Singaporean survivors, opportunities for increased exercise engagement throughout the survivorship continuum remain. Increased education regarding the benefits of exercise to survivors as well as guidance regarding exercise modalities including resistance training is greatly needed as well. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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