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Impact of exercise on psychological burden in adult survivors of childhood cancer: A report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study.
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- Metabolic Implications of Childhood Cancer.Current pediatrics reports · 2025Article
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- Characterization of Patient Activation among Childhood Cancer Survivors in the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study (SJLIFE).Cancers · 2024Article
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- Comorbidity Differences by Trajectory Groups as a Reference for Identifying Patients at Risk for Late Mortality in Childhood Cancer Survivors: Longitudinal National Cohort Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2023Article
- Chronic pain in children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer: the challenge of mitigating the pain and the potential of integrating exercise into pain management.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Review
- Effects of Ultrasound-Guided Injection Combined with a Targeted Therapeutic Exercise in Breast Cancer Women with Subacromial Pain Syndrome: A Randomized Clinical Study.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundChildhood cancer survivors are at risk for adverse psychological outcomes. Whether exercise can attenuate this risk is unknown.
methodsIn total, 6199 participants in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (median age, 34.3 years [range, 22.0-54.0 years]; median age at diagnosis, 10.0 years [range, 0-21.0 years]) completed a questionnaire assessing vigorous exercise and medical/psychological conditions. Outcomes were evaluated a median of 7.8 years (range, 0.1-10.0 years) later and were defined as: symptom level above the 90th percentile of population norms for depression, anxiety, or somatization on the Brief Symptom Inventory-18; cancer-related pain; cognitive impairment using a validated self-report neurocognitive questionnaire; or poor health-related quality of life. Log-binomial regression estimated associations between exercise (metabolic equivalent [MET]-hours per week
resultsThe prevalence of depression at follow-up was 11.4% (95% CI, 10.6%-12.3%), anxiety 7.4% (95% CI, 6.7%-8.2%) and somatization 13.9% (95% CI, 13.0%-14.9%). Vigorous exercise was associated with lower prevalence of depression and somatization. The adjusted prevalence ratio for depression was 0.87 (95% CI, 0.72-1.05) for 3 to 6 MET hours per week
conclusionsVigorous exercise is associated with less psychological burden and cognitive impairment in childhood cancer survivors.
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