Chemotherapy-related symptoms and exercise adherence in older patients with myeloid neoplasms.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Exercise may ameliorate treatment-related symptoms, but older adults have lower exercise adherence compared to their younger counterparts due to treatment-related symptoms.

Methods

We recruited older patients with myeloid neoplasms receiving chemotherapy to a pilot study of a mobile health exercise intervention. Participants entered their steps and resistance data into the app daily, and symptom data twice a week, over an 8-12 week period. In this proof-of-concept analysis, we used a linear mixed-effects model to assess the association of symptoms from the previous week with exercise adherence in the current week among older adults with myeloid neoplasms.

Results

Mean age was 74.3 (SD = 5.0) years (N = 7). At baseline, patients on average walked 2564 daily ste

SUBMITTER: Wang K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10883479 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature