Journal article
Exercise for health: A randomized, controlled trial evaluating the impact of a pragmatic, translational exercise intervention on the quality of life, function and treatment-related side effects following breast cancer
SC Hayes, S Rye, T Disipio, P Yates, J Bashford, C Pyke, C Saunders, D Battistutta, E Eakin
Breast Cancer Research and Treatment | Published : 2013
Abstract
Exercise for Health was a randomized, controlled trial designed to evaluate two modes of delivering (face-to-face [FtF] and over-the-telephone [Tel]) an 8-month translational exercise intervention, commencing 6-weeks post-breast cancer surgery (PS). Outcomes included quality of life (QoL), function (fitness and upper body) and treatment-related side effects (fatigue, lymphoedema, body mass index, menopausal symptoms, anxiety, depression and pain). Generalised estimating equation modelling determined time (baseline [5 weeks PS], mid-intervention [6 months PS], post-intervention [12 months PS]), group (FtF, Tel, Usual Care [UC]) and time-by-group effects. 194 women representative of the breast..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Study investigators would like to sincerely thank those who agreed to participate in this study and who were willing to do so within weeks of receiving their breast cancer diagnosis. Thank you also to the Breast Care Nurses and the Exercise Physiologists who worked on this project for their invaluable contributions in making the study a success. This research project was supported by the National Breast Cancer Foundation. The funding source had no involvement in the study design; in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; nor in the writing and submission of this publication. The research positions of SH and EE are supported via an NBCF Early Career Research Fellowship and an NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship, respectively.