Promoting physical activity among cancer survivors: an umbrella review of systematic reviews.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Exercise is the core element of rehabilitation for cancer patients. However, most of the patients' exercise levels failed to meet the indicators recommended by the guidelines or even decreased. Therefore, this umbrella review aims to provide an overview of review articles addressing the evidence of interventions to promote physical activity behavior change and increase physical activity among cancer patients.

Methods

We searched nine databases from inception to 12 May 2022 to obtain systematic reviews and meta-analyses of interventions to promote physical activity among cancer patients. The AMSTAR-2 was used for the quality assessment.

Results

Twenty-six individual systematic reviews including 13 studies performed meta-analyses. A total of 16 studies' designs

SUBMITTER: Qiu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10129958 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature