The effect of self-designed metabolic equivalent exercises on cancer-related fatigue in patients with gastric cancer: A randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To investigate the effect of Self-designed Metabolic Equivalent Exercises (SMEE) on cancer-related fatigue in patients with gastric cancer.

Methods

130 patients with gastric cancer admitted to Department of Oncology of a tertiary hospital in Shanghai were enrolled and assessed for eligibility. After excluding 1 patient who declined to participate, 129 eligible patients were randomly assigned into SMEE (n = 65) and control (n = 64) groups. The Revised Piper Fatigue Scale (RPFS) and EORTC QLQ-C30 Quality of Life Scale were used to measure cancer-caused fatigue and quality of life, respectively, in both groups at the first admission and after 3 months.

Results

After excluding patients who did not receive allocated intervention due to medical (n = 3) and personal (n 

SUBMITTER: Xin X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11077428 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature