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SynthesisBritish journal of cancer2014

Interventions to improve exercise behaviour in sedentary people living with and beyond cancer: a systematic review.

L Bourke, K E Homer, M A Thaha, L Steed, D J Rosario, K A Robb, J M Saxton, S J C Taylor

Registry-linked trialOpen access · bronzeAbstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in British journal of cancer, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03740035 (Adaptation of an eHealth), which is not on this map. Cited by 52 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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52citing papers in PubMed, 8 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03740035 terminatednot on this mapstarted 2018, after this paper: background citation

Adaptation of an eHealth (Web-application) Platform for Delivery of a Sedentary Behavior Intervention Among Prostate Cancer Patients

TypeobservationalSponsorWake Forest University Health SciencesRan2018 to 2019Enrolled4ConditionsSedentary LifestyleArmseHealth for Sedentary Behavior
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

52 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 113 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Physical activity for women with breast cancer after adjuvant therapy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018
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  6. Exercise for women receiving adjuvant therapy for breast cancer.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016
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  7. Survivorship: healthy lifestyles, version 2.2014.Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN · 2014
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  10. ExPeCT: a randomised trial examining the impact of exercise on quality of life in men with metastatic prostate cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023
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  13. Enhancing behavioral change among lung cancer survivors participating in a lifestyle risk reduction intervention: a qualitative study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

L BourkeDepartment of Primary Care and Public Health, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
K E HomerDepartment of Primary Care and Public Health, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
M A ThahaAcademic Surgical Unit, Centre for Digestive Diseases, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University London, London, UK.
L SteedDepartment of Primary Care and Public Health, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
D J RosarioAcademic Urology Unit, Department of Oncology, E Floor, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, University of Sheffield, Glossop Road, Sheffield, UK.
K A RobbDepartment of Physiotherapy, Bart's Hospital, London, UK.
J M SaxtonSchool of Allied Health Professions, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
S J C TaylorDepartment of Primary Care and Public Health, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
Queen Mary University of London · GBRoyal Hallamshire Hospital · GBSt Bartholomew's Hospital · GBUniversity of East Anglia · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo systematically review the effects of interventions to improve exercise behaviour in sedentary people living with and beyond cancer.

methodsOnly randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that compared an exercise intervention to a usual care comparison in sedentary people with a homogeneous primary cancer diagnosis, over the age of 18 years were eligible. The following electronic databases were searched: Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials MEDLINE; EMBASE; AMED; CINAHL; PsycINFO; SportDiscus; PEDro from inception to August 2012.

resultsFourteen trials were included in this review, involving a total of 648 participants. Just six trials incorporated prescriptions that would meet current recommendations for aerobic exercise. However, none of the trials included in this review reported intervention adherence of 75% or more for a set prescription that would meet current aerobic exercise guidelines. Despite uncertainty around adherence in many of the included trials, the interventions caused improvements in aerobic exercise tolerance at 8-12 weeks (SMD=0.73, 95% CI=0.51-0.95) in intervention participants compared with controls. At 6 months, aerobic exercise tolerance is also improved (SMD=0.70, 95% CI=0.45-0.94), although four of the five trials had a high risk of bias; hence, caution is warranted in its interpretation.

conclusionExpecting the majority of sedentary survivors to achieve the current exercise guidelines is likely to be unrealistic. As with all well-designed exercise programmes, prescriptions should be designed around individual capabilities and frequency, duration and intensity or sets, repetitions, intensity of resistance training should be generated on this basis.

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ExerciseHealth BehaviorHealth PromotionSedentary BehaviorBreast NeoplasmsColorectal NeoplasmsFemaleHumansMaleNeoplasmsProstatic NeoplasmsRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSurvivors

Identifiers

PMID24335923
PMCPMC3929865
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