Efficacy of a 4-Week Nurse-Led Exercise Rehabilitation Program in Improving the Quality of Life in Women Receiving a Post-Mastectomy Reconstruction Using the Motiva ErgonomixTM Round SilkSurface

We assessed the efficacy of a 4-week nurse-led exercise rehabilitation (ER) program in improving the quality of life (QOL) of breast cancer survivors (BCS) receiving an implant-based breast reconstruction. The eligible patients were equally randomized to either of both groups: the intervention group...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2022-12, Vol.20 (1), p.16
Main Authors: Kang, Jung Joong, Lee, Hyunho, Park, Bom Hui, Song, Yu Kwan, Park, Soon Eun, Kim, Robert, Lee, Kyung Ah
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of daily living
Aerobics
Breast cancer
Cancer therapies
Chemotherapy
Dyspnea
Exercise
Fatigue
Global health
Intervention
Mastectomy
Medical prognosis
Metastasis
Mortality
Pain
Patients
Physical fitness
Public health
Quality of life
Radiation
Rehabilitation
Respiration
Vomiting
Womens health
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Summary:We assessed the efficacy of a 4-week nurse-led exercise rehabilitation (ER) program in improving the quality of life (QOL) of breast cancer survivors (BCS) receiving an implant-based breast reconstruction. The eligible patients were equally randomized to either of both groups: the intervention group (n = 30; a 4-week nurse-led ER program) and the control group (n = 30; a 4-week physical therapist-supervised one). Both after a 4-week ER program and at baseline, the patients were evaluated for the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 (EORTC QLQ-C30) and Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) scores. There was a significantly higher degree of increase in global health status/QOL scores, physical functioning scores, role functioning scores, and emotional functioning scores at 4 weeks from baseline in the intervention group as compared with the control group (p = 0.001). However, there was a significantly higher degree of decrease in fatigue scores, nausea/vomiting scores, pain scores, dyspnea scores, and FSS scores in the intervention group as compared with the control group (p = 0.001). In conclusion, our results indicate that a 4-week nurse-led ER program might be effective in the QOL in BCS receiving a post-mastectomy implant-based reconstruction using the Motiva ErgonomixTM Round SilkSurface.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph20010016