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17876176

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-9-18
pubmed:abstractText
Cancer is a disease predominantly affecting older adults. Cancer fatigue is the most common and often most distressing symptom associated with cancer and its treatment, often persisting months to years after treatment. Untreated cancer fatigue may lead to significant reductions in physical activity, physical functioning, and quality of life and may interfere with patients' adherence to cancer treatment. Physical activity has the strongest supporting evidence as an intervention to reduce cancer fatigue, maintain physical function, and optimize quality of life. This article reviews the literature related to fatigue and physical activity in older adults with cancer. Nine experimental and 10 observational studies that enrolled subjects 65 years or older were synthesized in the review and provided evidence that physical activity may be an effective intervention for cancer fatigue in older adults. The generalizability of the findings to older adults was limited by the poor representation of this age group in the studies. Few studies provided an analysis of age-related effects of physical activity on fatigue, physical function, and quality of life.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1538-9804
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
E35-45
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Fatigue and physical activity in older adults with cancer: a systematic review of the literature.
pubmed:affiliation
Nursing Research Unit, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. luctkarm@kgh.kari.net
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't