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Exercise and Quality of Life in Patients Undergoing Active Breast Cancer Treatment. Comparison of Three Modalities of a 24-Week Exercise Program.

Pilar Suarez-Alcazar
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Elena Garcia-Roca
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Eladio Collado-Boira
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Maria Dolores Temprado-Albalat
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Pablo Baliño-Remiro
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Maria Muriach-Saurí
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Raquel Flores-Buils
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Pablo Salas-Medina
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Carlos Hernando-Domingo
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Ana Folch-Ayora
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Version 1 : Received: 1 February 2024 / Approved: 2 February 2024 / Online: 2 February 2024 (09:27:06 CET)

How to cite: Suarez-Alcazar, P.; Garcia-Roca, E.; Collado-Boira, E.; Temprado-Albalat, M.D.; Baliño-Remiro, P.; Muriach-Saurí, M.; Flores-Buils, R.; Salas-Medina, P.; Hernando-Domingo, C.; Folch-Ayora, A. Exercise and Quality of Life in Patients Undergoing Active Breast Cancer Treatment. Comparison of Three Modalities of a 24-Week Exercise Program.. Preprints 2024, 2024020124. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.0124.v1 Suarez-Alcazar, P.; Garcia-Roca, E.; Collado-Boira, E.; Temprado-Albalat, M.D.; Baliño-Remiro, P.; Muriach-Saurí, M.; Flores-Buils, R.; Salas-Medina, P.; Hernando-Domingo, C.; Folch-Ayora, A. Exercise and Quality of Life in Patients Undergoing Active Breast Cancer Treatment. Comparison of Three Modalities of a 24-Week Exercise Program.. Preprints 2024, 2024020124. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.0124.v1

Abstract

Background: Exercise is an accepted intervention to improve the quality of life (QoL) of breast cancer patients. Exercise programs have been developed and all have shown satisfactory results in improving QoL. There is a lack of research comparing different prescription modalities. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of physical exercise (in-person, home-based, prescription) on QoL in breast cancer patients actively undergoing treatment; Methods Quasi-experimental study with randomized assignment to three groups (in-person: guided and supervised in-person exercise program; home-based exercise: guided and supervised exercise program with streaming monitoring; recommendation: exercise recommendation). Quality of life was measured using the QLQ-C30 questionnaire. Baseline and 24-week analysis. Results: The total sample analyzed was n=80. QoL improved significantly at 24 weeks in the face-to-face and home-based exercise groups, but not in the advice group. Exercise in all modalities improved fatigue, nausea, vomiting, appetite, and constipation. QoL at 24 weeks depended on active chemotherapy, tumor type, and assigned exercise group (r2 = 0.503; p < 0.001). Conclusions: QoL in breast cancer patients undergoing active treatment improves after a 24-week exercise program, especially in face-to-face and home-based exercise. Home-based exercise, streaming-based recommendation is a viable option for exercise recommendation.

Keywords

Quality of life; Breast Cancer; Chemotherapy; Exercise Program

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Oncology and Oncogenics

Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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