Telehealth system: A randomized controlled trial evaluating the impact of an internet-based exercise intervention on quality of life, pain, muscle strength, and fatigue in breast cancer survivors.
Source: Galiano-Castillo et al. 2016 - Pubmed ID: 27332968
Setting: Spain, Hospital
RCT
Follow up: 6 months
Sample size
Total: 81 (68)
IG: 40 (33)
CG: 41 (35)
Inclusion criteria:
- Breast cancer (stage I-IIIA)
- Adjuvant therapy (except hormone treatment)
Website (Telehealth system (e-CUIDATE))
- Exercise sessions
- Monitoring
- Training
- Progress
- Communication
Video consultation (Wormhole Web Conference and Skype software)
- Questions
- Adjustments
Intervention: Internet-based tailored exercise intervention for improving adverse events, functional capacity and cognition. 23 sessions (3 per week) that lasted approximately 90 minutes each day. Participants had a space available to write questions or suggestions regarding their performance. Participants could send instant messages and set up video conference sessions (3 times per week). Research staff could revise comments and monitor each participant’s performance remotely.
Duration: 8 week
Add on: +
Control group: Usual care
Clinical effect:
- Health status↑
- Physical functioning↑
- Role functioning→
- Emotional functioning→
- Cognitive functioning↑
- Social functioning→
- Arm symptoms↑
- Pain severity→
- Pain interference↓
- Affected hand grib↑
- Abdominal, back and lower body strength↑
- Total fatigue↑
Patient safety: NA
Patient experiences:
- 93,9% adherence rate
- 97,8% satisfaction
Staff experiences: NA
Investment:
Equipment
- Telehealth system
Running:
Equipment
- Telehealth system
Staff
- Monitoring
- Communication
- Adjustments
Organization: NA
Health care utilization: NA