Effectiveness of behavioral techniques and physical exercise on psychosocial functioning and health‐related quality of life in breast cancer patients and survivors—a meta‐analysis
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- 27 January 2011
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Psycho‐Oncology
- Vol. 20 (2), 115-126
- https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.1728
Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the effect of behavioral techniques and physical exercise on psychosocial functioning and health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) outcomes in breast cancer patients and survivors. Methods: A meta‐analysis was carried out to quantify the effects of behavioral and exercise interventions on fatigue, depression, anxiety, body‐image, stress and HRQoL. Summary effect sizes and standard errors were calculated. The presence of publication bias was explored and sensitivity analyses were performed to identify possible sources of heterogeneity. Results: In total, 56 studies were included. Statistically significant results were found for the effect of behavioral techniques on fatigue (ES −0.158; 95% CI −0.233 to −0.082, pppp=0.038). For the effect of physical exercise interventions, statistically significant results were found on fatigue (ES −0.315; 95% CI −0.532 to −0.098, p=0.004), depression (ES −0.262; 95% CI −0.476 to −0.049, p=0.016), body‐image (ES 0.280; 95% CI 0.077 to 0.482, p=0.007) and HRQoL (ES 0.298; 95% CI 0.117 to 0.479, p=0.001). Conclusions: The results indicate that behavioral techniques and physical exercise improve psychosocial functioning and HRQoL in breast cancer patients and survivors. Future research is needed on the effect of physical exercise on stress and the effect of the combined intervention in breast cancer patients. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.This publication has 71 references indexed in Scilit:
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