@article{e271a98dabc54b2f942abf74d29ea7d8,
title = "Reduced Cancer-Related Fatigue after Tablet-Based Exercise Education for Patients",
abstract = "Aim: Exercise can be an effective treatment for cancer-related fatigue, but exercise is not prescribed for many cancer patients. Our specific aim was to compare usual care and a tablet-based fatigue education and prescription program for effects on level of fatigue (primary outcome) and satisfaction with fatigue and amount of exercise (secondary outcomes). Methods: In a four-week pretest/posttest randomized study, 279 patients with cancer completed a touch screen fatigue assessment and daily paper-based activity logs. The experimental group also had access to FatigueUCope, a tablet-based multimedia education intervention focused on exercise as therapy for fatigue. Results: In total, 94% of intervention group accessed FatigueUCope. Controlling for baseline fatigue, compared to the usual-care group, the experimental group reported lower fatigue scores (P =.02). Neither satisfaction with fatigue nor exercise level was significantly different between groups, but not all activity logs were returned. None of the patients reported adverse effects. Conclusion: Objective indicators of exercise are warranted in future studies to examine whether exercise is indeed the mechanism of the FatigueUCope effect and determine the clinical utility of this intervention. This brief, engaging tablet-based multimedia education and prescription program has promise to help patients recognize the benefits of exercise to manage cancer-related fatigue.",
author = "Wilkie, {Diana J.} and Schwartz, {Anna L.} and Liao, {Wen Chun} and Dottington Fullwood and Yu Wu and Farquharson, {Tanya Wallace} and Yingwei Yao and Gralow, {Julie R.}",
note = "Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The study was supported by grant number R01CA81918 (DJW, ALS) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI). The NCI award number U54CA233444 (DJW, YY, DF) and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) award number U54MD012388 (ALS) provided funding for authors{\textquoteright} contribution to this work. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH, NCI or NIMHD. The final peer-reviewed manuscript is subject to the NIH public access policy. Funding Information: We thank the patients who participated in the study and the University of Washington physicians and nurses who assiststed in many ways. Dottington Fullwood is supported by the National Institue on Aging (AG056540-04S2, PI: M. Pahor) and is a Postdoctoral Fellow with the CaRE Center (U54CA233444). 2 Funding Information: We thank the patients who participated in the study and the University of Washington physicians and nurses who assiststed in many ways. Dottington Fullwood is supported by the National Institue on Aging (AG056540-04S2, PI: M. Pahor) and is a Postdoctoral Fellow with the CaRE2 Center (U54CA233444). The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The study was supported by grant number R01CA81918 (DJW, ALS) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI). The NCI award number U54CA233444 (DJW, YY, DF) and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) award number U54MD012388 (ALS) provided funding for authors? contribution to this work. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH, NCI or NIMHD. The final peer-reviewed manuscript is subject to the NIH public access policy. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2022.",
year = "2022",
month = mar,
day = "8",
doi = "10.1177/10732748221087054",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "29",
journal = "Cancer Control",
issn = "1073-2748",
publisher = "H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute",
}