THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL BENEFITS OF THE SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL EXERCISE PROGRAM DURING RADIOTHERAPY IN BREAST CANCER PATIENTS: A RANDOMIZED STUDY

Objective
 Treatment side effects lead to a negative impact on
 the quality of life in breast cancer survivors. Exercise
 is reported improve physical and psychological
 status these patients. We aimed investigate the
 effect exercise during radiotherapy on and
 psychological patients.
 Material Method
 A randomized controlled study was set outpatient
 rehabilitation clinic. Histologically proven stage
 I-III patients referred for adjuvant
 were randomly assigned supervised
 aerobic strengthening program or usual
 medical care without training. The primary
 outcome parameters Rosenberg Self Esteem
 Scale (RSES), Short Form-36 (SF_36) Quality life,
 Coping Strategies Questionnaire (COPE Inventory),
 Fatigue Severity (FSS), Beck Depression
 Inventory (BDI), Anxiety (BAI). End
 points assessed 1 week prior week
 following 6 weeks training.
 Results
 In repeated measured analysis, BAI FSS
 scores decreased, general health (GH) energy/
 fatigue (E) SF-36 increased exercise
 group (p=0.045, Cohen d=0.757 BAI, p=0.02,
 d=0.863, p=0.010, d =1.02 GH,
 p=0.032, d=0.801 E), while use of
 problem-based coping score decreased control
 (p=0.049, d=0.641). No significant
 differences found BDI RSES
 (p>0.05).
 Conclusion
 conclusion, supervised comined training
 adjuvant improved anxiety,
 fatigue, energy, perceptions prevented decreasing using effective coping
 strategies.