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| Title |
The association between physical activity and health-related quality of life among breast cancer survivors
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| Published in |
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, June 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12955-017-0706-9 |
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| Authors |
Woo-kyoung Shin, Sihan Song, So-Youn Jung, Eunsook Lee, Zisun Kim, Hyeong-Gon Moon, Dong-Young Noh, Jung Eun Lee |
| Abstract |
The quality of life for breast cancer survivors has become increasingly important because of their high survival rate and prolonged life expectancy. The purpose of this study was to examine the association of physical activity following diagnosis and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in breast cancer survivors. We conducted a cross-sectional study of breast cancer survivors. A total of 231 women aged 21-78 years who had been diagnosed with stages I to III breast cancer and had breast cancer surgery at least 6 months prior were recruited from three hospitals between September 2012 and April 2015 and were included in this study. We asked participants about their HRQOL and engagement in physical activity using structured questionnaires. We examined the association between HRQOL levels and physical activity using a generalized linear model. Breast cancer survivors in the high physical activity group (3rd tertile) were more likely to have lower scores for fatigue (p for trend = 0.001) and pain (p for trend = 0.02) and higher scores for sexual function (p for trend = 0.007) than those in the low physical activity group (1st tertile). When we stratified participants by stage, we found increasing scores for physical functioning (p for trend =0.01) and decreasing scores for fatigue (p for trend = 0.02) with increasing levels of physical activity in breast cancer survivors with stage I breast cancer. In survivors with stages II and III, we found statistically significant associations with fatigue (p for trend = 0.02) and sexual functioning (p for trend = 0.001). In conclusion, engagement in physical activity was related to better health-related quality of life among breast cancer survivors. Our findings may warrant further prospective and intervention studies to support the benefit of physical activity in improving the quality of life and survival of Korean breast cancer survivors. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1 | 25% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 50% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 25% |
| Scientists | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 275 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 275 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 42 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 30 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 28 | 10% |
| Researcher | 24 | 9% |
| Other | 11 | 4% |
| Other | 31 | 11% |
| Unknown | 109 | 40% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 40 | 15% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 39 | 14% |
| Sports and Recreations | 23 | 8% |
| Psychology | 13 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 3% |
| Other | 27 | 10% |
| Unknown | 125 | 45% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. 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 14 October 2020.
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#12,850,266
of 22,985,065 outputs
Outputs from Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
#996
of 2,185 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#146,062
of 314,551 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
#18
of 54 outputs
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