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Structured Motor Rehabilitation After Selective Nerve Transfers
Published on: August 15, 2019
Detailed description of multidisciplinary prehabilitation in patients admitted to nerve sparring radical
Malene Blumenau Pedersen1,2,3, John M Saxton4, Brigitta Rasmussen Villumsen5
1Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Background:
Localized prostate cancer treated with radical prostatectomy is highly effective, though severe side-effects are common after the surgery. Prehabilitation is an approach to optimize patient's physical and mental resources before surgery, to improve postoperative outcomes. The feasibility of a multi-modal home-based prehabilitation program, delivered using telehealth in patients awaiting radical prostatectomy is unknown. This paper describes the development of a prehabilitation program for patients awaiting radical prostatectomy.
Method:
A model by The Medical Research Council for developing and evaluating complex interventions (MRC Framework) was used in the development process. The Template for Intervention Description and Replication (TIDieR) checklist was applied for ensuring sufficient description of the interventions. A total of 40 patients will be randomized to either intervention or control group. Patients in the control group will follow standard care. The 4-week prehabilitation programme consists of exercise, pelvic floor exercise, sexual counseling, stress management and nutritional support. The interventions are home-based and delivered using telehealth. Feasibility outcomes will include recruitment, attrition rates, adherence, safety and suitability.
Conclusion:
We have developed a multimodal prehabilitation programme, which has the potential to bring tangible health benefits to men with prostate cancer awaiting radical prostatectomy. The results of the feasibility study will inform the design of a fully powered randomized controlled trial.
