Feasibility of physical exercise for patients on a palliative care unit: A critical analysis

Not Applicable

• Conditions: C00-C97; J44; Malignant neoplasms; Other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

• Registration Number: DRKS00027861
• Lead Sponsor: niklinik Aachen, Klinik für Palliativmedizin

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-01-25
• Study Completion: 2022-07-20
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 11

Inclusion Criteria

ECOG status 1-3, approximately 2 weeks of residential therapy

Exclusion Criteria

ECOG>3,
Pre-existing conditions that make participation impossible:
- Uncontrolled or poorly controlled hypertension.
- Acute cardiac events
- Orthopedic limitation, making participation impossible
- Sensory or cognitive impairments that preclude participation/consent.

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The endpoints are feasibility and safety of the exercise therapy. <br>Feasibility is defined by the number of eligible patients compared to those, participating in the study, within the recruitment period of 6 months. In addition, part of feasibility is whether the exercise sessions are possible to perform for the patients as well as which kind of physical exercise is possible to perform.<br>Safety will be evaluated by recording complications related to exercise therapy.<br><br>Endpoints will be reviewed both during the study and at the end of the study.<br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality of life improvement, functional status improvement.<br><br>Instruments:<br>1) Quality of life: SF12<br>2) functional status: daily fitness test of the DOSB<br>3) Daily pain, mental and physical fatigue self-report questionnaires.