The pervasive impact of frailty on ovarian cancer care and the role of prehabilitation: Qualitative perspectives of key stakeholders.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

We performed a qualitative study to explore key stakeholders' perspectives about the impact of frailty on ovarian cancer care and evaluate a candidate prehabilitation intervention.

Materials and methods

We conducted semi-structured interviews with patient-caregiver dyads and multi-disciplinary clinicians. Patients were ≥ 50 years of age with a new diagnosis of advanced stage (III/IV) ovarian cancer who received cancer-directed treatment (chemotherapy and/or surgery) during the past year and met criteria as pre-frail or frail using the FRAIL scale. We used a semi-structured interview guide to elicit participants' views on frailty, nutrition, physical therapy, and a candidate prehabilitation intervention. We used inductive and deductive approaches to code and anal

SUBMITTER: Cham S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12476166 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature