Effects of yoga on cancer-related fatigue and global side-effect burden in older cancer survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sixty percent of cancer survivors are 65years of age or older. Cancer and its treatments lead to cancer-related fatigue and many other side effects, in turn, creating substantial global side-effect burden (total burden from all side effects) which, ultimately, compromises functional independence and quality of life. Various modes of exercise, such as yoga, reduce cancer-related fatigue and global side-effect burden in younger cancer survivors, but no studies have specifically examined the effects of yoga on older cancer survivors.

Objectives

The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of a 4-week yoga intervention (Yoga for Cancer Survivors: YOCAS©®) on overall cancer-related fatigue, and due to its multidimensional nature, the subdomains of cancer-related

SUBMITTER: Sprod LK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4297736 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature