A pilot study of a supervised group exercise programme as a rehabilitation treatment for women with breast cancer receiving adjuvant treatment.
A pilot study of a supervised group exercise programme as a rehabilitation treatment for women with breast cancer receiving adjuvant treatment.
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10.1016/j.ejon.2004.03.007
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2005-03-01
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Kearney, Nora
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作者：
Campbell, Anna;Mutrie, Nanette;Kearney, Nora
这项初步研究考察了运动作为辅助康复疗法是否对早期乳腺癌患者和目前正在接受化疗/放疗的妇女有益。本研究设计为随机对照试验（RCT）。在12周干预前后评估身体功能、疲劳和生活质量（QoL）结果。结果显示，12周后，参加锻炼计划的女性（n = 12）表现出明显更高的身体功能水平，并报告了比对照组（n = 10）更高的生活质量评分。疲劳和生活满意度的变化有利于干预组，但没有达到显著性。这些结果令人鼓舞，并表明在辅助治疗期间有组织的团体运动方案是一种安全、耐受性良好且有效的方法，可为早期乳腺癌治疗期间的妇女提供身心健康益处。由于这是一项试验性研究，这些数字无法对一些感兴趣的变量进行适当有力的分析，并有利于相对年轻和社会经济优势的妇女。未来的研究需要解决这些问题，并确定这些短期效益是否可以持续。
This pilot study examined whether exercise as an adjunctive rehabilitation therapy could benefit women who have early stage breast cancer and are currently receiving chemotherapy/radiotherapy. The study was designed as a randomised controlled trial (RCT). Physical functioning, fatigue and Quality of Life (QoL) outcomes were evaluated pre and post a 12-week intervention. The results showed that after 12 weeks the women who participated in the exercise programme (n = 12) displayed significantly higher levels of physical functioning and reported higher QoL scores than the controls (n = 10). Changes in fatigue and satisfaction with life favoured the intervention group but did not reach significance. These results are encouraging and suggest that a structured group exercise programme during adjuvant treatment is a safe, well tolerated and effective way of providing physical and psychological health benefits to women during treatment for early stage breast cancer. Since this was a pilot study the numbers did not allow appropriately powered analyses of some variables of interest and favoured relatively young and socio-economically advantaged women. Future studies need to address these issues and determine if these short-term benefits can be sustained.