Trial reportThe international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity2024
Effects of remote coaching following supervised exercise oncology rehabilitation on physical activity levels, physical fitness, and patient-reported outcomes: a randomised controlled trial.
Trial report in The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Telerehabilitation for Pain, Function, and Quality of Life in Patients with Cancer: A Systematic Review.Oncology and therapy · 2026Pooled it
- Facilitators and barriers to the implementation of traditional Chinese exercises in cancer patients: a mixed-methods systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Pooled it
- Updated systematic review and meta-analysis: taking the next step in physical activity behavioral interventions for post-treatment breast cancer survivors.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2026Pooled it
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- Non-Pharmacological Interventions for Return to Work and Multidimensional Health-Related Quality of Life in Adults with Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Trials.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Thematic Structure of Clinical Rehabilitation Research in the Early Post-Pandemic Period: An LDA-Based Analysis of Publications from 2022 to 2025.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Follow-up effects of exercise-based interventions on physical performance in cancer survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2026Review
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundStudies have shown that cancer survivors experience difficulties maintaining physical activity levels after participation in a supervised exercise rehabilitation program. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of a six-month remote coaching intervention, following a supervised exercise oncology rehabilitation program on maintenance of PA levels; and improvement of aerobic capacity, muscle strength and patient-reported outcomes in cancer survivors.
methodsNinety-seven participants from a Dutch University Hospital's exercise rehabilitation program were randomised to the COACH group (n = 46), receiving 6 months of remote coaching after completing the exercise program, or the CONTROL group (n = 50), receiving no additional intervention. Assessment of PA levels; sedentary time; aerobic capacity; muscle strength; fatigue; health-related quality of life (HRQoL); level of anxiety and depression; and return to work (RTW) rates were conducted at baseline (T0) and six months later (T1). Multiple linear regression was used for between-group statistical comparisons of all outcomes measures. Mean differences at T1 were estimated with corresponding 95% confidence intervals (95%CI).
resultsNo significant between-group differences were observed for all outcomes at T1. An adjusted mean difference in weekly PA of 45 min (95%CI -50;140) was observed between the COACH group and the CONTROL group, favouring the COACH group, yet lacking statistical or clinical significance.
conclusionsOur six-month remote coaching intervention did not notably improve PA levels; sedentary time; aerobic capacity; muscle strength; HRQoL; fatigue; anxiety and depression symptoms and RTW rates after participation in a supervised exercise oncology program. Although the participants who received coaching showed slightly higher levels of PA, these differences were not significant. More research is needed to identify patients in need for follow-up interventions following supervised exercise program and to investigate the effectiveness of remote coaching interventions in these patients.
trial registrationDutch Trial Register NL7729, registered 13 may 2019, https://trialsearch.who.int/Trial2.aspx?TrialID=NL7729 .
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