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Hongmei Li1,2, Die Sang3, Lijing Gong2
1College of Physical Education, South-Central Minzu University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Purpose:
Aimed to assess the impact of wearable device-based aerobic exercise on the physical and mental well-being of women with breast cancer (BC) undergoing chemotherapy.
Methods:
Forty adult women with BC who underwent anthracycline-based chemotherapy were randomly allocated to the exercise group (n = 21) or the control group (n = 19). Both groups received standard health education and oncology care. In addition, the exercise group wore wearable devices to engage in moderate to high-intensity (50-90% HRmax) aerobic exercise during chemotherapy, while the control group did not carry out exercise intervention. Health-related physical fitness level, physical activity energy expenditure (PAEE), anxiety and depression scores, sleep quality, cancer-related fatigue, and overall quality of life (QoL), were assessed both before (prior to the first chemotherapy session) and after (prior to the fifth chemotherapy session) the exercise intervention. Exercise-related adverse events, exercise compliance, number and severity of gastrointestinal reactions and myelosuppression occurred were recorded during the exercise intervention.
Results:
After the intervention, compared to the control group, the exercise group (1) had significantly higher relative VO2peak (p = 0.003) and handgrip strength (p < 0.001); (2) had significantly higher PAEE (p < 0.001); (3) had a significantly lower scores in anxiety (p = 0.007), depression (p = 0.028), sleep quality in domains of subjective sleep quality (p = 0.010), sleep disturbances (p = 0.004), daytime dysfunction (p = 0.007), cancer-related fatigue in domains of physical (p < 0.001) and affective (p < 0.001); and (4) had a significantly lower scores in QoL in domains of physical well-being (p < 0.001) and emotional well-being (p = 0.019), while a significantly higher scores in functional well-being (p < 0.001). Patients in the exercise group experienced less severe gastrointestinal reactions (p = 0.028) and myelosuppressive symptoms (p < 0.001) than that in the control group. Patients in the exercise group had no serious exercise-related adverse events, with a mean exercise adherence of 81.8%.
Conclusion:
Wearable device-based aerobic exercise during chemotherapy can be an effective adjunctive therapy to improve physical and mental health in BC patients.
Clinical Trial Registration:
https://www.chictr.org.cn/showproj.html?proj=200247, Identifier: ChiCTR2300073667.
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