A randomized dose-response trial of aerobic exercise and health-related quality of life in colon cancer survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the dose-response effects of aerobic exercise on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among colon cancer survivors.

Methods

Thirty-nine stage I to III colon cancer survivors were randomized to 1 of 3 groups: usual-care control, 150 min·wk^-1 of aerobic exercise (low-dose) and 300 min·wk^-1 of aerobic exercise (high-dose) for 6 months. HRQoL outcomes included the Short Form (SF)-36 physical and mental component summary, Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Colorectal, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Fear of Cancer Recurrence Inventory, Fatigue Symptom Inventory, and North Central Cancer Treatment Group bowel function questionnaire, assessed at baseline and post intervention. The primary hypothesis was that exercise would improve H

SUBMITTER: Brown JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5895514 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature