Effects of a 6-Week Walking Program on Taiwanese Women Newly Diagnosed With Early-Stage Breast Cancer

Abstract

Nurses, depending on skill and knowledge, can encourage physical activity, refer patients to rehabilitation programs, and prescribe and monitor exercise in breast cancer population.

A Randomized Trial of Aerobic Exercise and Sleep Quality in Lymphoma Patients Receiving Chemotherapy or No Treatments

“…No previous study has examined the effects of exercise on sleep quality in patients with lymphoma. In other cancer patient groups, results have been mixed with 3 studies showing benefit (10,14,17) and 4 studies showing no benefit (12,13,15,16).…”

“…The HELP Trial was powered to detect a medium standardized effect size (d) of approximately 0.50 SDs on the primary patient-reported outcome of physical functioning (17). For a power of 0.80 and 2-tailed a <0.05, 60 patients per group were required.…”

“…Seven randomized controlled trials (RCT) have examined the effects of exercise on sleep quality in patients with cancer (10,(12)(13)(14)(15); however, these trials have largely been pilot studies limited by small sample sizes under 75 (10,12,(14)(15)(16)(17), heterogeneous samples with mixed cancer diagnoses (9,12,15), unsupervised exercise interventions (10, 12-14, 16, 17), and short exercise interventions of <12 weeks (10,16,17). Three of these trials have shown significant improvements in sleep quality (10,14,17) whereas 4 have not (12,13,15,16).…”

Moderate-intensity exercise reduces fatigue and improves mobility in cancer survivors: a systematic review and meta-regression

“…Twenty-two trials 30 96 two were a combination of home and centre-based training 89,93 and four were unsupervised interventions completed at home. 85,90,91,94,104 Twenty-two trials included strategies to help improve exercise adherence and support behaviour change, such Resistance NR HRmax = maximum heart rate, HR = heart rate, HRR = heart rate reserve, MET = metabolic equivalents, NR = not reported, RM repetition maximum, RPE = Rating of Perceived Exertion, VO 2max = maximum volume of oxygen consumption, VO 2peak = volume of oxygen consumption at peak exercise. a Reports data on some or all of the same participants as the study below.…”

Relationships of Circadian Rhythms and Physical Activity With Objective Sleep Parameters in Lung Cancer Patients

“…Some previous studies supported moderate-intensity exercise possibly improving sleep quality in survivors of lung and colorectal cancer, breast cancer, 27,49 and various other cancers. 50 However, we did not observe a relationship between moderateintensity physical activity and sleep quality, but we observed that light-intensity physical activity and SOL were significantly negatively correlated (r = j0.302, P = .002).…”