Feasibility of a multimodal exercise, nutrition, and palliative care intervention in advanced lung cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Advanced lung cancer patients face significant physical and psychological burden leading to reduced physical function and quality of life. Separately, physical activity, nutrition, and palliative symptom management interventions have been shown to improve functioning in this population, however no study has combined all three in a multimodal intervention. Therefore, we assessed the feasibility of a multimodal physical activity, nutrition, and palliative symptom management intervention in advanced lung cancer.

Methods

Participants received an individually tailored 12-week intervention featuring in-person group-based exercise classes, at-home physical activity prescription, behaviour change education, and nutrition and palliative care consultations. Patients reporte

SUBMITTER: Ester M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7881342 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature