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| Title |
Design of a randomized controlled trial of physical training and cancer (Phys-Can) – the impact of exercise intensity on cancer related fatigue, quality of life and disease outcome
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| Published in |
BMC Cancer, March 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12885-017-3197-5 |
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| Authors |
Sveinung Berntsen, Neil K Aaronson, Laurien Buffart, Sussanne Börjeson, Ingrid Demmelmaier, Maria Hellbom, Pernille Hojman, Helena Igelström, Birgitta Johansson, Ronnie Pingel, Truls Raastad, Galina Velikova, Pernilla Åsenlöf, Karin Nordin |
| Abstract |
Cancer-related fatigue is a common problem in persons with cancer, influencing health-related quality of life and causing a considerable challenge to society. Current evidence supports the beneficial effects of physical exercise in reducing fatigue, but the results across studies are not consistent, especially in terms of exercise intensity. It is also unclear whether use of behaviour change techniques can further increase exercise adherence and maintain physical activity behaviour. This study will investigate whether exercise intensity affects fatigue and health related quality of life in persons undergoing adjuvant cancer treatment. In addition, to examine effects of exercise intensity on mood disturbance, adherence to oncological treatment, adverse effects from treatment, activities of daily living after treatment completion and return to work, and behaviour change techniques effect on exercise adherence. We will also investigate whether exercise intensity influences inflammatory markers and cytokines, and whether gene expressions following training serve as mediators for the effects of exercise on fatigue and health related quality of life. Six hundred newly diagnosed persons with breast, colorectal or prostate cancer undergoing adjuvant therapy will be randomized in a 2 × 2 factorial design to following conditions; A) individually tailored low-to-moderate intensity exercise with or without behaviour change techniques or B) individually tailored high intensity exercise with or without behaviour change techniques. The training consists of both resistance and endurance exercise sessions under the guidance of trained coaches. The primary outcomes, fatigue and health related quality of life, are measured by self-reports. Secondary outcomes include fitness, mood disturbance, adherence to the cancer treatment, adverse effects, return to activities of daily living after completed treatment, return to work as well as inflammatory markers, cytokines and gene expression. The study will contribute to our understanding of the value of exercise and exercise intensity in reducing fatigue and improving health related quality of life and, potentially, clinical outcomes. The value of behaviour change techniques in terms of adherence to and maintenance of physical exercise behaviour in persons with cancer will be evaluated. NCT02473003 , October, 2014. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 13 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 8% |
| Canada | 1 | 8% |
| Ireland | 1 | 8% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 8% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 8% |
| Australia | 1 | 8% |
| United States | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 6 | 46% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 11 | 85% |
| Scientists | 2 | 15% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 358 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 358 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 59 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 56 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 32 | 9% |
| Researcher | 27 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 19 | 5% |
| Other | 47 | 13% |
| Unknown | 118 | 33% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Nursing and Health Professions | 84 | 23% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 56 | 16% |
| Sports and Recreations | 31 | 9% |
| Psychology | 10 | 3% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 8 | 2% |
| Other | 35 | 10% |
| Unknown | 134 | 37% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 March 2022.
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#4,213,825
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Outputs from BMC Cancer
#1,004
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#72,983
of 310,012 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Cancer
#13
of 122 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 8,530 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 4.4. This one has done well, scoring higher than 88% of its peers.
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