Community-based exercise for health promotion and secondary cancer prevention in Canada: protocol for a hybrid effectiveness-implementation study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Cancer care has expanded from a disease-focused, survival-oriented model to an approach that now considers how survivors can live well in the aftermath of intensive therapy, where they may deal with significant changes to their bodies, mental health or emotional well-being. Research evidence supports the benefit of exercise during and following cancer treatments for cancer-related symptoms, physical functioning and fitness, and health-related quality of life. To move this efficacy evidence into practice, we designed and launched a 5-year study to evaluate the relative benefit from implementing a clinic-to-community-based cancer and exercise model of care.

Methods and analysis

A hybrid effectiveness and implementation trial design is being used to evaluate the ef

SUBMITTER: McNeely ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6747880 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature