The effect of an aerobic exercise program on the quality of life in children with cancer

Abstract

Khodashenas E, Badiee Z, Sohrabi M, Ghassemi A, Hosseinzade V. The effect of an aerobic exercise program on the quality of life in children with cancer. Turk J Pediatr 2017; 59: 678-683. Aerobic exercise such as physical activity plays an essential role for a healthy development for children undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy. The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of an aerobic exercise program on quality of life in children undergoing cancer treatment. Patients diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), undergoing chemotherapy, were divided into two groups; the control group received the routine treatment with activities of daily living and the interventional group received routine treatment in addition to an aerobic exercise program. Data was collected using the pediatric quality of life questionnaires (PedsQL version 4) before and after the training program. We enrolled 20 cancer patients, who were referred to Dr. Sheikh Children`s Hospital in Mashhad, Iran; 8 (40%) and 12 (60%) of the patients were female and male, respectively. The results show a significant association in the pain and injury subscale (p=0.002), improving in interventional groups after test compared to the control groups. The reports of parents of the children`s quality of life showed significant association in the pain and injury subscale (P=0.002), and cognitive problems subscale at school (P=0.039). The regular exercise and psychosocial program intervention can improve wellbeing and thereby enhance efficacy of the children during treatment.

Intervenções não farmacológicas na melhoria da qualidade de vida de crianças/adolescentes oncológicos

“…Dentre os países onde foram realizadas as pesquisas, identificou-se predomínio dos Estados Unidos, (16)(17)(18)26,27,30) com seis trabalhos realizados, seguidos da Alemanha (13,14,28) e do Japão, (19,20,22) com três trabalhos cada, e Canadá (23,31) e Holanda, (24,25) também com dois trabalhos cada. Países como China, (21) Peru, (12) Irã, (15) Israel, (29) Brasil (32) e Suécia (33) aparecem com apenas um estudo cada, demonstrando ainda limitado número de pesquisas na temática.…”

“…Com relação à área de inserção dos autores, a maioria dos estudos (oito) era proveniente da área multidisciplinar (seis da medicina com psicologia, (18,23,24,25,26,33) um da medicina e enfermagem (27) e outro que englobava três áreas: medicina, enfermagem e medicina veterinária). (30) Outros seis estudos foram conduzidos exclusivamente por autores da II medicina, (13)(14)(15)(16)(17)32) seguidos por cinco estudos da enfermagem (12,(19)(20)(21)(22) e três da psicologia. (28,29,31) Os instrumentos para avaliar a qualidade de vida foram o Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ (PedsQL™) − módulos genérico 4.0 (12,(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)29,(30)(31)(32)(33) e de câncer 3.0; (12,16,21,(24)(25)(26)…”

Aerobic training versus strength exercises on muscle strength and quality of life for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

“…Another important finding of this study was a significant reduction in the overall fatigue level and improvement in QOL when compared before and after measurements within group. Khodashenas et al [8] confirmed these results by examining the efficacy of a 12week aerobic training program (which included walking, running, and different forms of playing) on QOL among childhood with ALL. In addition, Beulertz et al [29] evaluated the effects of a 6-month, group-based, resistance exercise program for a mixed childhood cancer population on motor performance, level of activity, and QOL.…”

“…There is growing evidence for the positive effects of aerobic exercise training and strength exercises on physical fitness, fatigue, and physical well-being of children during and after treatment for ALL [6][7][8][9][10], but the literature describing the effects of aerobic exercise on muscle strength is very limited; therefore, the current study is one of the very few studies that have shown the effect of aerobic exercises on muscle strength and aimed at determining which is more effective, aerobic exercises or a modified strength training program, on muscle strength and quality of life (QOL) for children with ALL.…”

Η Επίδραση Της Άσκησης Μέσω Ψηφιακών Διαδραστικών Παιχνιδιών Στην Ποιότητα Ζωής Παιδιατρικών Ογκολογικών Πληθυσμών

“…3.1.5. Ζ πσο έρεη δηαπηζησζεί, ε ζπκκεηνρή ησλ ΠΟΠ ζε πξνγξάκκαηα άζθεζεο, ηφζν θαηά ηε δηάξθεηα ηεο ζεξαπείαο, φζν θαη κεηά ηελ νινθιήξσζε απηήο, δχλαηαη λα βειηηψζεη ζεκαληηθά ηελ αληηιακβαλφκελε ΠΕ ηνπο(Götte, Kesting, Winter, Rosenbaum & Boos, 2015;Khodashenas, Badiee, Sohrabi, Ghassemi & Hosseinzade, 2017;Marker, Steele & Noser, 2018;Morales et al, 2018;), σζηφζν, ε πιεηνλφηεηα ησλ αζζελψλ ηείλεη λα απέρεη απφ ηε ζπκκεηνρή ζε ζσκαηηθή άζθεζε, αγλνψληαο ηα επεξγεηηθά νθέιε απηήο(Rehorst -Kleinlugtenbelt, Bekkering, van der Torre, van der Net & Takken, 2019;Soentgerath & Eckert, 2015). ε ζρεηηθή έξεπλα νη Geyer, Lyons, Amazeen, Alishio θαη Cooks (2011), αμηνιφγεζαλ ηελ επίδξαζε ελφο παξεκβαηηθνχ πξνγξάκκαηνο αζθήζεσλ γηφγθα ζηελ ΠΕ έμη παηδηψλ, ηα νπνία βξίζθνληαλ ζηε θάζε ηεο ζεξαπείαο θαη δηέκελαλ ζε λνζνθνκεηαθή κνλάδα.ηνπ.…”