Fee-for-Service Cancer Rehabilitation Programs Improve Health-Related Quality of Life

Abstract

Background Rigorously applied exercise interventions undertaken in a research setting result in improved health-

Effective Translation of Research to Practice: Hospital-Based Rehabilitation Program Improves Health-Related Physical Fitness and Quality of Life of Cancer Survivors

“…A review of randomized controlled trials by a panel of clinical and research experts confirmed that during and after cancer treatment, exercise is safe and beneficial for reducing many common sequelae of cancer treatment, such as fatigue, increased body weight, healthrelated physical fitness, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). 1 Although results of the effectiveness of community-based exercise programs have recently been published, [2][3][4][5][6][7][8] effective translation of this research into clinical oncology practice remains to be demon-…”

Cancer survivors’ experiences of a community-based cancer-specific exercise programme: results of an exploratory survey

“…A recent study showed that enrolment in a fee-for-service cancer-specific exercise programme (including paying for the initial fitness assessment) positively affected QoL in cancer survivors, increased self-reported exercise and reduced perceived barriers to PA [15]. Cancer United™ (a registered cancer support charity based in West Sussex, UK) developed a fee-for-service cancer-specific exercise programme (CU Fitter™) from cancer diagnosis onwards with no limit to duration of participation.…”

Exercise Guidelines for Cancer Survivors: Are Fitness and Quality-of-life Benefits Enough to Change Practice?

“…However, is evidence of benefit to fitness and quality of life enough to change clinical oncology practice and to make exercise programs an essential component of cancer care? Certainly, the evidence for fitness and quality-of-life benefits would seem sufficient for clinicians to at least recommend exercise to their patients and perhaps even to refer them to one of the growing number of community-based exercise programs for cancer survivors [5][6][7][8][9] . But what would it take for cancer centres themselves to integrate high-quality exercise programs into clinical cancer care?…”