Publications by authors named "A Bye"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to assess the long-term physical performance and activity levels of older men who have survived radical prostate cancer compared to matched controls.
- The research included 109 men aged 70 and older who had received robotic surgery or radiation therapy, and their results were compared to 327 men from the general population.
- Overall, survivors showed similar physical performance and activity levels as controls, with only minor differences in grip strength and balance that might not be clinically significant, indicating that cancer treatment likely did not adversely affect their functional status.
Purpose: Information about outcomes of particular relevance to older prostate cancer survivors is limited. This study aimed to compare health, activities of daily living (ADL), and use of health care services between survivors and matched controls.
Methods: A single-centre study on men treated for prostate cancer with curative intent at the age ≥ 70 years 2 to 7 years earlier.
Health literacy in patients participating in cardiac rehabilitation: A prospective cohort study with pre-post-test design.
Int J Cardiol Cardiovasc Risk Prev
September 2024
Background And Aims: Adherence to recommendations regarding medical treatment and healthy behaviour serve as a significant challenge for patients experiencing a cardiac event. Optimizing the patients' health literacy (HL) may be crucial to meet this challenge and has gained increased focus the last decade. Despite cardiac rehabilitation (CR) being a central part of the treatment of patients experiencing a cardiac event, such programs have not been evaluated regarding HL.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Nutrition impact symptoms (NIS) are associated with weight loss (WL), and decreased energy intake in cross-sectional studies. We aimed to ascertain associations between changes in NIS burden, energy intake and WL over time in patients with advanced cancer.
Methods: Adult patients from an observational radiotherapy study for painful bone metastases self-reported NIS and WL using the Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment tool (PG-SGA) at baseline and week eight (W8).
Background: Geriatric assessment and management (GAM) improve outcomes in older patients with cancer treated with surgery or chemotherapy. It is unclear whether GAM may provide better function and quality of life (QoL), or be cost-effective, in a radiotherapy (RT) setting.
Methods: In this Norwegian cluster-randomised controlled pilot study, we assessed the impact of a GAM intervention involving specialist and primary health services.