Bridging the gap: a pre-post feasibility study of embedding exercise therapy into a co-located cancer unit.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To establish the feasibility of embedding a flexible, exercise-based rehabilitation program into a cancer treatment unit to allow cancer survivors early exercise support.

Method

A pre-post study was conducted using Bowen's Framework to describe key domains of feasibility: demand (referrals), acceptability (uptake, attendance, satisfaction), implementation (resources), practicality (adverse events, costs) and limited-efficacy (function, quality of life, self-efficacy). Participants were medically stable, adult cancer survivors receiving curative or palliative treatment for cancer at the health service. Participants completed an 8-week home or hospital-based exercise program. Data were analysed descriptively. Standardised mean differences (Hedge's g) and mean differenc

SUBMITTER: Dennett AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8105143 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature