ArticleNutrients2021
Feasibility and Efficiency of the BEFORE (Better Exercise and Food, Better Recovery) Prehabilitation Program.
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- Access, acceptance and adherence to cancer prehabilitation: a mixed-methods systematic review.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Pooled it
- Bridging the gap between prescription and participation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of factors influencing adherence to prehabilitation in gastrointestinal cancer surgery.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Pooled it
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- Long-term lifestyle effects of prehabilitation in colorectal cancer.Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) · 2026Article
- Nutritional Support for Gastrointestinal Cancer Patients: New (and Old) Frontiers in Management, a Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Adherence to Exercise Training Within a Multimodal Prehabilitation Program: An Exploratory Study of Influencing Factors.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Nutritional intervention during a teleprehabilitation pilot study in high-risk patients with colorectal cancer: adherence, motivators, and barriers.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Article
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- Influence of Amino Acids and Exercise on Muscle Protein Turnover, Particularly in Cancer Cachexia.Cancers · 2024Review
- Participation and Compliance in a Multimodal Prehabilitation Program for Colorectal Cancer (PACE): A Qualitative Study.Patient preference and adherence · 2024Article
- Application of MFI-5 in severe complications and unfavorable outcomes after radical resection of colorectal cancer.World journal of surgical oncology · 2023Article
- A qualitative evaluation of a multi-modal cancer prehabilitation programme for colorectal, head and neck and lung cancers patients.PloS one · 2023Article
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Abstract
Prehabilitation has been postulated as an effective preventive intervention to reduce postoperative complications, particularly for elderly patients with a relatively high risk of complications. To date, it remains to be determined whether prehabilitation increases physical capacity and reduces postoperative complications. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of a 4-week multimodal prehabilitation program consisting of a personalized, supervised training program and nutritional intervention with daily fresh protein-rich food for colorectal cancer patients aged over 64 years prior to surgery. The primary outcome was the feasibility of this prehabilitation program defined as ≥80% compliance with the exercise training program and nutritional intervention. The secondary outcomes were the organizational feasibility and acceptability of the prehabilitation program. A compliance rate of ≥80% to both the exercise and nutritional intervention was accomplished by 6 patients (66.7%). Attendance of ≥80% at all 12 training sessions was achieved by 7 patients (77.8%); all patients (100%) attended ≥80% of the available training sessions. Overall, compliance with the training was 91.7%. Six patients (66.7%) accomplished compliance of ≥80% with the nutritional program. The median protein intake was 1.2 (g/kg/d). No adverse events occurred. This multimodal prehabilitation program was feasible for the majority of patients.
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