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Effects of a step-by-step inpatient rehabilitation programme on quality of life in breast cancer patients. A prospective randomised study
- Source :
- Onkologie. 30(4)
- Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- The aim of this study was to compare a conventional oncological inpatient rehabilitation programme with an inpatient step-by-step rehabilitation programme with regard to quality of life in breast cancer patients.Women with the diagnosis of breast cancer were randomly assigned to either the step-by-step programme (group A: 3-week rehabilitation plus 4 and 8 months later a 1-week sojourn each time) or the conventional rehabilitation programme (group B: 4- week stay and no further interventions afterwards). Quality of life was assessed with the QLQ-C30 of the EORTC at t0 (beginning of the study), t1 (end of 3- or 4-week stay) and t2 (12 months after t0, end of study).Between t0 and t1, a tendency (0.1p = 0.05) could be shown in group B towards better improvement in global quality of life and emotional function. In the subgroup of patients that had impaired functions of quality of life at t0, superiority in group B reached significance (p0.05) for emotional and cognitive function at t1. Between t1 and t2, cognitive function improved further in group A, but diminished in group B. For the subgroup of patients with impaired cognitive function at t0, this difference between both groups became significant (p = 0.0098).Although not generally superior to conventional inpatient rehabilitation programmes, the analysed step-by- step rehabilitation provided marked benefits for patients with cognitive impairments.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Cancer Research
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment
Psychological intervention
Aftercare
Breast Neoplasms
Emotional function
Patient Readmission
Group B
Breast cancer
Quality of life
Surveys and Questionnaires
Medicine
Humans
Prospective Studies
Aged
Rehabilitation
business.industry
Eortc qlq c30
Hematology
Length of Stay
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Combined Modality Therapy
Hospitalization
Oncology
Physical therapy
Quality of Life
Female
business
Cognition Disorders
Inpatient rehabilitation
Follow-Up Studies
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 0378584X
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Onkologie
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a2a93697d6f8ae50c3ef2488d461114c