Home-Based Physical Activity Intervention for Breast Cancer Patients

Abstract

The intervention successfully increased PA and improved fitness and specific aspects of psychological well-being among early-stage breast cancer patients. The success of a home-based PA intervention has important implications for promoting recovery in this population.

Body Composition, Physical Fitness, Functional Performance, Quality of Life, and Fatigue Benefits of Exercise for Prostate Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review

“…Both group-and home-based exercise can produce significantly improve physical fitness, functional performance and/or quality of life in older adults 75,76 and breast cancer patients 77,78 . The results of this review however indicate that greater improvements in prostate cancer patients' physical fitness and functional performance occur with group-rather than home-based exercise.…”

Exercise for health: a randomized, controlled trial evaluating the impact of a pragmatic, translational exercise intervention on the quality of life, function and treatment-related side effects following breast cancer

“…[4] While a limited number of trials have evaluated non-face-to-face intervention delivery methods, [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] effect of the exercise intervention on QoL, function and treatment-related side effects varies and none of these trials have compared the effect of different modes of delivery of the same exercise intervention. Thus, the current evidence base in support of exercise post-breast cancer largely pertains to the 'healthier' woman with breast cancer, who is able and willing to attend clinic-based exercise treatment.…”

Effects of a self-managed home-based walking intervention on psychosocial health outcomes for breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy: a randomised controlled trial

“…However, interventions that are 77 delivered in group settings, or that are hospital-based and/or supervised, can restrict participation as 78 patients undergoing chemotherapy are often busy with treatment schedules, are unwell or have limited 79 access to exercise facilities due to transportation or scheduling difficulties [16]. To overcome such 80 restrictions some researchers have moved towards the use of home-based, physical activity 81 interventions for patients undergoing active treatment and report positive effects on psychosocial 82 health outcomes [21,25,26].…”

“…Home-based physical activity interventions have previously shown to improve psychosocial 93 functioning in breast cancer patients [21,25,29] and survivors [16,22]. However, these have been 94 directed by researchers or nursing staff.…”