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ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2019

Community-based exercise programs for cancer survivors: a scoping review of practice-based evidence.

Kelley R Covington, Mary C Hidde, Mackenzi Pergolotti, Heather J Leach

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Article in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. A two-arm non-randomised trial of MedEx IMPACT: a community-based, physical activity behaviour change intervention for survivors of cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
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  7. Rowing through recovery: Psychophysical outcomes of a combined 12-week rowing and exercise program in breast cancer survivors.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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  11. Effects of a clinic-referred telemedical intervention to improve exercise uptake during chemotherapy.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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  18. "It has to be more than exercise": exploring multiple perspectives to community-based exercise program design for persons with breast cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023
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  19. Evaluating individual level change in physical function response following an exercise program for cancer survivors.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023
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  20. A Group-Based, Videoconference-Delivered Physical Activity Program for Cancer Survivors.Translational journal of the American College of Sports Medicine · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Kelley R CovingtonDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Colorado State University, Occupational Therapy Building, 1573 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO, 80523-1573, USA. krcov@colostate.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5453-2414
Mary C HiddeDepartment of Health and Exercise Science, Colorado State University, 220 Moby Complex B, 1592 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO, 80523-1582, USA.
Mackenzi PergolottiDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Colorado State University, Occupational Therapy Building, 1573 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO, 80523-1573, USA.
Heather J LeachDepartment of Health and Exercise Science, Colorado State University, 220 Moby Complex B, 1592 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO, 80523-1582, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeBased on randomized controlled trials, exercise is an efficacious strategy to improve quality of life (QOL) among cancer survivors. However, the effectiveness of exercise programs to improve QOL in real-world settings is unknown, as are factors related to external validity. This hinders dissemination and scalability. This scoping review synthesized published research on community-based exercise programs for cancer survivors and reported on the reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance (RE-AIM).

methodsA systematic literature search identified community-based exercise programs for adult cancer survivors (1980-March 2018), that met the following inclusion criteria: at least one face-to-face exercise session, the primary aim of program evaluation (i.e., feasibility/effectiveness), and pre/post measure of QOL. Data were coded using the RE-AIM framework. The effect size was calculated for overall QOL.

resultsElectronic database search yielded 553 articles; 31 studies describing unique programs were included for review. All studies described at least one element of implementation and most (80.6%) reported a significant (p < .05) improvement in at least one subscale, or total QOL. Few studies reported on indicators of reach (16.1%), adoption (6.5%), individual (16.1%), or system-level maintenance (32.3%).

conclusionsCommunity-based exercise programs are effective for improving QOL in adult cancer survivors. Recommendations are provided to improve reporting across RE-AIM dimensions, which is an important step to enhance the scalability of programs and thus, the potential for exercise to be fully integrated into system-level standard care for cancer survivors. IMPLICATIONS FOR CANCER SURVIVORS: Community-based exercise programs are a resource to improve QOL for adult cancer survivors.

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Cancer SurvivorsCommunity Health ServicesEvidence-Based MedicineExerciseExercise TherapyHumansNeoplasmsProgram EvaluationQuality of LifeRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicCancer survivorsExerciseProgram evaluationQuality of lifeRE-AIMScoping study

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