TY - JOUR
T1 - The Impact of Dragon Boating for Fatigue in Cancer Survivors
AU - Denieffe, Suzanne
AU - Castineira, Constantino
AU - Denny, Margaret
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank the South East Cancer Trust for their support of the study.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - Fatigue after treatment for breast cancer has an impact on quality of life. Dragon boating is known to be beneficial. A multiple-point cohort panel design was used. Data was collected from breast cancer survivors to measure fatigue, quality of life, and upper arm functioning at 3 time points. Fatigue levels fell significantly between T1 and T2 and from T2 to T3. Similarly, upper limb functioning improved from T1 to T2 but showed no significant change between T2 and T3. The findings suggest that dragon boating, as a form of exercise, has a role in reducing fatigue.
AB - Fatigue after treatment for breast cancer has an impact on quality of life. Dragon boating is known to be beneficial. A multiple-point cohort panel design was used. Data was collected from breast cancer survivors to measure fatigue, quality of life, and upper arm functioning at 3 time points. Fatigue levels fell significantly between T1 and T2 and from T2 to T3. Similarly, upper limb functioning improved from T1 to T2 but showed no significant change between T2 and T3. The findings suggest that dragon boating, as a form of exercise, has a role in reducing fatigue.
KW - cancer-related fatigue
KW - dragon boating
KW - exercise
KW - health and well-being
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85107154987&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.nurpra.2021.05.005
DO - 10.1016/j.nurpra.2021.05.005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85107154987
SN - 1555-4155
VL - 17
SP - 1019
EP - 1022
JO - Journal for Nurse Practitioners
JF - Journal for Nurse Practitioners
IS - 8
ER -
