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ArticleCurrent oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2013

An interprofessional palliative care oncology rehabilitation program: effects on function and predictors of program completion.

M R Chasen, A Feldstain, D Gravelle, N Macdonald, J Pereira

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Article in Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.), 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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34citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 87 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Non-pharmacological interventions targeting mobility among people with advanced cancer: a systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
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  4. Combined exercise and nutritional rehabilitation in outpatients with incurable cancer: a systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2019
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  16. Implementation and evaluation of a nurse-allied health clinic for patients after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022
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  19. Cancer Rehabilitation and Palliative Care-Exploring the Synergies.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

M R ChasenDepartment of Palliative Medicine, Bruyère Continuing Care, Ottawa, ON. ; Division of Palliative Care, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON. ; School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON.
A Feldstain
D Gravelle
N Macdonald
J Pereira
Bruyère · CAUniversity of Ottawa · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAfter treatment, patients with active cancer face a considerable burden from the effects of both the disease and its treatment. The Palliative Rehabilitation Program (prp) is designed to ameliorate disease effects and to improve the patient's functioning. The present study evaluated predictors of program completion and changes in functioning, symptoms, and well-being after the program.

methodsThe program received referrals for 173 patients who had finished anticancer therapy. Of those 173 patients, 116 with advanced cancer were eligible and enrolled in the 8-week interprofessional prp; 67 completed it. Measures of physical, nutritional, social, and psychological functioning were evaluated at entry to the program and at completion.

resultsParticipants experienced significant improvements in physical performance (p < 0.000), nutrition (p = 0.001), symptom severity (p = 0.005 to 0.001), symptom interference with functioning (p = 0.003 to 0.001), fatigue (p = 0.001), and physical endurance, mobility, and balance or function (p = 0.001 to 0.001). Reasons that participants did not complete the prp were disease progression, geographic inaccessibility, being too well (program not challenging enough), death, and personal or unknown reasons. A normal level of C-reactive protein (<10 mg/L, p = 0.029) was a predictor of program completion.

conclusionsPatients living with advanced cancers who underwent the interprofessional prp experienced significant improvement in functioning across several domains. Program completion can be predicted by a normal level of C-reactive protein.

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Cancerinterprofessionalpalliative carerehabilitation

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PMID24311945
PMCPMC3851341
OpenAlexW1967104886

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