Maximal Exercise Capacity and Extra-pulmonary Characteristics in Patients With Lung Cancer With Complete Remission .
- Conditions
- Lung Cancer
- Registration Number
- NCT03838757
- Lead Sponsor
- Gazi University
- Brief Summary
While lung cancer are rare disease in the early 20th century, its incidence increased in parallel with the increase in smoking habits. It is the most common type of cancer in the world. Despite advances in the efficacy of chemotherapy and radiotherapy regimens, surgical resection is the most effective curative treatment modality to improve survival in non-small cell lung cancer. Pulmonary resection candidates are selected according to not only tumor type and stage, but also functional status, exercise capacity, underlying lung disorders and health-related quality of life assessments. Patients with lung cancer often have lung and heart comorbidities that affect the outcome of the outcome measures and restricts cancer treatment options. In patients with lung cancer, shortness of breath, physical inactivity, weakness in peripheral muscles and exercise intolerance are described. Pulmonary rehabilitation is a multidisciplinary treatment designed to improve exercise capacity, functional status, health-related quality of life and to reduce the attenuation of chronic shortness of breath and fatigue in patients with chronic lung problems.
In literature, the effect of surgery in patients with lung cancer on postoperative respiratory muscle strength is not clear. There is no study investigating the effect of chemotherapy and radiotherapy on respiratory muscle strength. For these reasons, the aim of the study was to evaluate the curative period of non-small cell lung cancer patients with reliability and validity assessment methods. The hypothesis of our study was; when compared with patients with lung cancer and healthy individuals, exercise capacity, respiratory and peripheral muscle strength, physical activity levels, sleep and quality of life of lung cancer patients are reduced; dyspnoea, fatigue, depression, cough and pain levels increase.
- Detailed Description
According to sample size calculation 20 lung with complete remission cancer patients and 20 healthy individuals were included in the study. Cross-sectional observational research. The demographic, physical and physiological characteristics were recorded from the patient files. Exercise capacity (using cardiopulmonary exercise testing), physical activity, pulmonary functions, respiratory and peripheral muscle strength, dyspnea and fatigue perception, depression, cough, pain and quality of life were evaluated. Primary outcome measurement is maximal exercise capacity. Secondary outcomes are respiratory and peripheral muscle strength, pulmonary functions, physical activity, dyspnea and fatigue perception, depression, cough, pain and quality of life.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
- Patients with; Diagnosed with lung cancer Stage 1, stage 2 and stage 3 patients in lung cancer patients Clinically stable and Under standard medication patients were included.
- Patients with Metastasis Orthopedic and neurological problems Acute infection Non-co-operable
- Healthy Subjects with Any diagnosed disease were excluded.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Maximal exercise capacity Second day Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (Oxygen consumption measurement during test).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Functional exercise capacity First day The six-minute walking test (6-MWT) was used to evaluate submaximal exercise capacity.
Inspiratory and Expiratory muscle strength (MIP, MEP) First day Respiratory muscle strength was evaluated with a mouth pressure device
Peripheral muscle strength First day Peripheral muscle strength was evaluated with a hand-held dynamometer.
Physical activity First day Physical activity will be evaluated multi sensor activity monitor for 2 consecutive days.
Pulmonary function test First day This test was evaluated using a spirometry by which is evaluated dynamic lung functions expressed as percentages of expected values.
Dyspnea First day The severity of dyspnea during daily living activities was evaluated using the Modified Medical Research Council (MMRC) dyspnea scale. Dyspnea is graded as follows: zero (dyspnea only with strenuous exercise), one (dyspnea when hurrying or walking up a slight hill), two (walks slower than people of the same age due to dyspnea or having to stop for breath when walking at own pace), three (stops for breath after walking 100 yards or after a few minutes) and four (too dyspneic to leave house or breathless when dressing). The minimal clinically important difference (MCID) is 1 unit for the MMRC dyspnea scale.
Fatigue Severity First day The Turkish version of Fatigue Severity Scale, which is a valid and reliable test, was performed to the recipients for evaluation of fatigue severity. Self-administered questionnaire is comprised of nine questions. The average score is identified on seven-point scale. Patients select a number from 1 to 7 for each 9 questions which demonstrates from strong disagreement to strong agreement, respectively. The cut-off score for fatigue severity is 36 according to this scale, if the total score obtained from this scale is higher than 36, the recipient is defined as severe fatigue.
Life Quality Second day Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Lung cancer Quality of life questionnaire (Turkish version) is used to assess the quality of life of lung cancer patients from many cultures all over the world. It is an individual applied scale and consists of 36 questions specific to lung cancer. Body is a scale consisting of 5 subsections including status, social life and family situation, emotional state, activity status and other concerns.
Depression First day Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) (Turkish version of scale) This assessment tool contains 10 items with a score from 0 to 6, thus the maximum score is 60. A higher score indicates a more severe depression.
Sleep of quality First day Sleep quality of the individuals was evaluated with the Turkish version of Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. It is an individual evaluation scale that evaluates sleep quality and sleep disturbance in the last one month period.
Cough First day The Turkish version of the Leicester Cough Scale (LÖQ) was used to assess the health-related quality of life of individuals with chronic cough. The scale evaluates chronic cough consisting of 19 items, including physical (8 items), psychosocial (7 items) and social (4 items) subsections. Each item is scored between 1 (always) and 7 (never). The total score is 3-21 points. The high scores obtained from this questionnaire, which evaluates the effect of the symptoms that have been going on for the last two weeks, show less impact on cough and lower scores indicate more impact.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Gazi University Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
🇹🇷Yenimahalle, Turkey