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Title: | Resistance training improves fatigue and quality of life in previously sedentary breast cancer survivors: a randomised controlled trial | Contributor(s): | Hagstrom, Amanda (author)![]() |
Publication Date: | 2016 | DOI: | 10.1111/ecc.12422 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/19438 | Abstract: | The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the benefits of resistance training (RT) on quality of life (QOL) and fatigue in breast cancer survivors as an adjunct to usual care. We recruited 39 women who had survived breast cancer [mean age (y) 51.9 ± 8.8; time since diagnosis (m) 11.6 ± 13.2]. Primary outcomes were fatigue as assessed by the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy - Fatigue (FACIT) scale and QOL as assessed by the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - General (FACT-G) scale. ANCOVA was used to assess the change in the primary outcomes while controlling for baseline values, with effect sizes (ES) displayed as partial Eta squared. The experimental group received supervised RT 3 days per week in a university clinic for 16 weeks. Perceptions of fatigue improved significantly in the RT group compared to controls [mean (SD) 6.7 (7.5) points vs. 1.5 (3.7) points], (P = 0.006, ES = 0.20) as did QOL [6.9 (8.5) points vs. 1.6 (4.4) points], (P = 0.015, ES = 0.16). We demonstrated both statistically and clinically important improvements in fatigue and QOL in response to RT in breast cancer survivors. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | European Journal of Cancer Care, 25(5), p. 784-794 | Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 1365-2354 0961-5423 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 110602 Exercise Physiology 111299 Oncology and Carcinogenesis not elsewhere classified |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 420702 Exercise physiology | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 280103 Expanding knowledge in the biomedical and clinical science 280114 Expanding knowledge in Indigenous studies 280112 Expanding knowledge in the health sciences |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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