2023
DOI: 10.1002/cam4.5899
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Fatigue, quality of life and associations with adherence to the World Cancer Research Fund guidelines for health behaviours in 5835 adults living with and beyond breast, prostate and colorectal cancer in England: A cross‐sectional study

Abstract: Background Many individuals living with and beyond cancer (LWBC) have ongoing quality of life (QoL) issues, including fatigue. The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) provides health behaviour recommendations for people LWBC, and there is some evidence linking adherence to these with improved QoL. Methods Adults LWBC (specifically breast, colorectal or prostate cancer) completed a survey covering health behaviours (diet, physical activity, alcohol consumption and smoking), fatigue (FACIT‐Fatigue Scale, version 4… Show more

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“…Our study’s results support the findings in previous studies [ 30 ] that alcohol consumption, physical activity, fruit and vegetable intake, sleep quality, and obesity are important factors that influence the HRQOL of post-operative colorectal cancer patients. Specifically, individuals who did not drink, engaged in physical activity of at least 600 METs per week, consumed at least five servings of fruits and vegetables per day, had good sleep quality, and were moderately obese reported a higher HRQOL.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
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“…Our study’s results support the findings in previous studies [ 30 ] that alcohol consumption, physical activity, fruit and vegetable intake, sleep quality, and obesity are important factors that influence the HRQOL of post-operative colorectal cancer patients. Specifically, individuals who did not drink, engaged in physical activity of at least 600 METs per week, consumed at least five servings of fruits and vegetables per day, had good sleep quality, and were moderately obese reported a higher HRQOL.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
“…Our study results revealed that CRC patients who met the daily recommendation of consuming five or more servings of fruits and vegetables (equivalent to approximately 25-35 grams of dietary fiber intake per day) had a significantly higher HRQOL compared to those who did not meet this recommendation. This supports the importance of maintaining adequate fruit and vegetable intake for post-discharge recovery and HRQOL [30]. Kenkhuis et al [38] examined CRC survivors with stage I-III CRC in the Netherlands (n = 459) and also found that increasing fruit and vegetable intake by 100 grams per day and dietary fiber intake by 10 grams per day during the two years after CRC treatment was associated with improved physical function, role function, and HRQOL.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 85%
“…The cut-off scores for meeting the WCRF recommendations were as follows: fruit and vegetables (≥ 5 portions/day), fibre (≥ 30 g Association of Official Analytical Collaboration fibre [ 58 ]/day), free sugar (< 5% calories from free sugars/day), fat (< 33% total energy), red meat (< 500 g/week), and processed meat (none). The scoring system implemented for operationalising meeting or not meeting the recommendations has been described previously [ 59 ].…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%