Feasibility of implementing an exercise intervention in older adults with hematologic malignancy.

ABSTRACT: Older adults with Hematologic Malignancy (HM) are vulnerable to functional decline secondary to disease and treatment. Interventions for physical deconditioning, in concert with routine hematology care are limited. The feasibility of accrual, retention, and demand for an exercise intervention among a high-risk HM population was piloted.

Methods

Older adults with HM, on active treatment, with functional impairment were recruited prospectively to participate in a 6-month Otago Exercise Programme (OEP). Measures of motivation, self-efficacy, patient identified barriers to exercise, barriers to clinical trial enrollment, study satisfaction, and serious adverse events were captured.

Results

63 patients were approached, 18 declined trial enrollment, 45 consented, 30 patients enroll

SUBMITTER: Rosko A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8863976 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature