TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of walking on circadian rhythms and sleep quality of patients with lung cancer
T2 - A randomised controlled trial
AU - Chen, Hui Mei
AU - Tsai, Chun Ming
AU - Wu, Yu Chung
AU - Lin, Kuan Chia
AU - Lin, Chia-Chin
PY - 2016/11/22
Y1 - 2016/11/22
N2 - Background:Sleep disturbances and poor rest-activity rhythms, which can reduce the quality of life, are highly prevalent among patients with lung cancer.Methods:This trial investigated the effects of a 12-week exercise intervention including home-based walking exercise training and weekly exercise counseling on 111 lung cancer patients. Participants were randomly allocated to receive the intervention or usual-care. Outcomes included objective sleep (total sleep time, TST; sleep efficiency, SE; sleep onset latency, SOL; and wake after sleep onset, WASO), subjective sleep (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, PSQI), and rest-activity rhythms (r24 and I<O). Outcomes were assessed at baseline and 3 and 6 months after intervention.Results:The PSQI (Wald χ 2 =15.16, P=0.001) and TST (Wald χ 2 =7.59, P=0.023) of the patients in the exercise group significantly improved 3 and 6 months after intervention. The moderating effect of I<O on TST was significant (β of group × I<O=3.70, P=0.032).Conclusions:The walking program is an effective intervention for improving the subjective and objective sleep quality of lung cancer patients and can be considered an optional component of lung cancer rehabilitation.
AB - Background:Sleep disturbances and poor rest-activity rhythms, which can reduce the quality of life, are highly prevalent among patients with lung cancer.Methods:This trial investigated the effects of a 12-week exercise intervention including home-based walking exercise training and weekly exercise counseling on 111 lung cancer patients. Participants were randomly allocated to receive the intervention or usual-care. Outcomes included objective sleep (total sleep time, TST; sleep efficiency, SE; sleep onset latency, SOL; and wake after sleep onset, WASO), subjective sleep (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, PSQI), and rest-activity rhythms (r24 and I<O). Outcomes were assessed at baseline and 3 and 6 months after intervention.Results:The PSQI (Wald χ 2 =15.16, P=0.001) and TST (Wald χ 2 =7.59, P=0.023) of the patients in the exercise group significantly improved 3 and 6 months after intervention. The moderating effect of I<O on TST was significant (β of group × I<O=3.70, P=0.032).Conclusions:The walking program is an effective intervention for improving the subjective and objective sleep quality of lung cancer patients and can be considered an optional component of lung cancer rehabilitation.
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U2 - 10.1038/bjc.2016.356
DO - 10.1038/bjc.2016.356
M3 - Article
C2 - 27811855
AN - SCOPUS:84994128666
SN - 0007-0920
VL - 115
SP - 1304
EP - 1312
JO - British Journal of Cancer
JF - British Journal of Cancer
IS - 11
ER -