Can supervised group‐based multimodal exercise improve health‐related quality of life in women with ovarian cancer undergoing chemotherapy?
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Dybeck, Mette‐Marie; Adamsen, Lis; Sørensen, Victor; Lillelund, Christian; Møller, Tom; Andersen, Christina
- Source
- European Journal of Cancer Care. Jul2022, Vol. 31 Issue 4, p1-5. 5p.
- Subject
- *RESISTANCE training
*AEROBIC capacity
*RESEARCH
*OVARIAN tumors
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*CANCER chemotherapy
*RESEARCH methodology
*FUNCTIONAL status
*SELF-evaluation
*HEALTH status indicators
*RETROSPECTIVE studies
*CANCER patients
*RELAXATION for health
*T-test (Statistics)
*MATHEMATICAL variables
*INFORMED consent (Medical law)
*PHYSICAL activity
*QUALITY of life
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*COMBINED modality therapy
*DATA analysis software
*BODY mass index
*GROUP medical practice
*EXERCISE therapy
*DISEASE management
- Language
- ISSN
- 0961-5423
The article focuses on women with ovarian cancer as several percentage are diagnosed in an advanced stage of disease and carry a poor prognosis with a 5-year survival rate. Topics include examines the majority are offered combination chemotherapy and may face impaired health-related quality of life due to the burden of symptoms and multiple chemotherapy-induced side effects such as fatigue, gastrointestinal disorders and peripheral neuropathy.