Feasibility of Wearable Physical Activity Monitors in Patients With Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The feasibility of using physical activity monitors (PAMs) to measure functional status in patients with cancer is unclear. We aimed to determine the feasibility of using PAMs to longitudinally assess physical activity and performance status (PS) in patients with cancer.

Methods

Patients with cancer who had Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) PS of 0 to 2 and were receiving systemic therapy were enrolled in a prospective pilot trial of PAM use. Feasibility was defined as patients using the PAM for > 50% of the observation period. We correlated PAM-reported measures with scores from ECOG PS and quality-of-life tools (Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General [FACT-G], Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptoms-Self-Rated 16 [QIDS-SR16], and Brief Fatigue Inven

SUBMITTER: Gupta A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6873942 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature