What information can we gain from the quality appraisal of guidelines with physical activity recommendations for cancer patients?A systematic review using the AGREE II and AGREE-REX tools.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

There has been growing amount of evidence supporting the benefits of physical activity (PA) on oncological patients' cancer-related health outcomes. Although guidelines on cancer rehabilitation are widely available, the varying quality and practical applicability limited the clinical application of PA recommendations. To assist the future development of guidelines, in this systematic review, we evaluated the quality and applicability of current cancer rehabilitation guidelines with PA recommendations and synthesized PA recommendations for the oncological population.

Methods

A systematic search was conducted in PubMed, CINAHL, PEDro, EMBASE, and guideline repositories to identify guidelines with PA recommendations for cancer patients from 1 May 2016 to 1 June 2022. Th

SUBMITTER: Zhou X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9811039 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature