Sara Dorri1, Farkhondeh Asadi2, Asiie Olfatbakhsh3, Alireza Kazemi4. 1. Medical Informatics, Department of Health Information Technology and Management, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 2. Department of Health Information Technology and Management, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. asadifar@sbmu.ac.ir. 3. Breast Diseases Department, Breast Cancer Research Center, Motamed Cancer Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran. 4. Department of Health Information Technology and Management, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Electronic Health (eHealth) may have a positive effect on healthcare, such as patient education and decreasing the costs of healthcare services. Evidence suggests that such interventions can also improve physical activity (PA) of patients. This systematic review aimed to investigate the effects of PA interventions provided through eHealth on breast cancer patients. METHODS: This study was conducted through a search in electronic databases up to July 2018. PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Web of Science, Scopus, Science Direct, and Google Scholar databases were searched without time limitation. RESULTS: In total, 2187 articles were retrieved and finally 16 articles remained. Five were pre/post and 11 were randomized trial studies. Different platforms were used in these studies including web-based, mobile-based, both web-and-mobile-based and email. In total, these articles comprise 2304 breast cancer patients with the mean age of 51 years and 50% were conducted in the USA. Four studies measured PA using wearable devices such as accelerometers and pedometers. All studies reported an increase in PA level at least in one of moderate or vigorous PA, although not all these results were significant. CONCLUSION: The results show that eHealth interventions can improve the level of PA in breast cancer patients. Although there are numerous eHealth interventions focusing on PA in cancer patients, there is still an essential need for eHealth interventions to be tailored for breast cancer patients specifically. Clinical trials with appropriate methodology, enough intervention time and follow-up are needed to make evidence-based results more generalizable. TRIAL REGISTRATION: PROSPERO CRD42018092422; https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/.
BACKGROUND: Electronic Health (eHealth) may have a positive effect on healthcare, such as patient education and decreasing the costs of healthcare services. Evidence suggests that such interventions can also improve physical activity (PA) of patients. This systematic review aimed to investigate the effects of PA interventions provided through eHealth on breast cancerpatients. METHODS: This study was conducted through a search in electronic databases up to July 2018. PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Web of Science, Scopus, Science Direct, and Google Scholar databases were searched without time limitation. RESULTS: In total, 2187 articles were retrieved and finally 16 articles remained. Five were pre/post and 11 were randomized trial studies. Different platforms were used in these studies including web-based, mobile-based, both web-and-mobile-based and email. In total, these articles comprise 2304 breast cancerpatients with the mean age of 51 years and 50% were conducted in the USA. Four studies measured PA using wearable devices such as accelerometers and pedometers. All studies reported an increase in PA level at least in one of moderate or vigorous PA, although not all these results were significant. CONCLUSION: The results show that eHealth interventions can improve the level of PA in breast cancerpatients. Although there are numerous eHealth interventions focusing on PA in cancerpatients, there is still an essential need for eHealth interventions to be tailored for breast cancerpatients specifically. Clinical trials with appropriate methodology, enough intervention time and follow-up are needed to make evidence-based results more generalizable. TRIAL REGISTRATION: PROSPERO CRD42018092422; https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/.
Entities:
Keywords:
Breast cancer; Physical activity; Systematic review; eHealth; mHealth
Authors: William L Haskell; I-Min Lee; Russell R Pate; Kenneth E Powell; Steven N Blair; Barry A Franklin; Caroline A Macera; Gregory W Heath; Paul D Thompson; Adrian Bauman Journal: Circulation Date: 2007-08-01 Impact factor: 29.690
Authors: Lindsey A Torre; Freddie Bray; Rebecca L Siegel; Jacques Ferlay; Joannie Lortet-Tieulent; Ahmedin Jemal Journal: CA Cancer J Clin Date: 2015-02-04 Impact factor: 508.702
Authors: Siobhan M Phillips; Frank J Penedo; Linda M Collins; Payton Solk; Juned Siddique; Jing Song; David Cella; Kerry S Courneya; Ronald T Ackermann; Whitney A Welch; Lisa A Auster-Gussman; Madelyn Whitaker; Erin Cullather; Emily Izenman; Bonnie Spring Journal: Cancer Date: 2021-11-23 Impact factor: 6.921
Authors: Anna C Singleton; Rebecca Raeside; Karice K Hyun; Stephanie R Partridge; Gian Luca Di Tanna; Nashid Hafiz; Qiang Tu; Justin Tat-Ko; Stephanie Che Mun Sum; Kerry A Sherman; Elisabeth Elder; Julie Redfern Journal: J Clin Oncol Date: 2022-05-02 Impact factor: 50.717
Authors: Selina Khoo; Najihah Mohbin; Payam Ansari; Mahfoodha Al-Kitani; Andre Matthias Müller Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2021-05-28 Impact factor: 3.390
Authors: Zoe Moon; Mira Zuchowski; Rona Moss-Morris; Myra S Hunter; Sam Norton; Lyndsay D Hughes Journal: Support Care Cancer Date: 2021-07-08 Impact factor: 3.603