Exploring Consumers' Motivations and Experiences of Engaging as Partners in Cancer Research.

Background And Objective: Consumer engagement improves research quality and relevance but can be difficult to implement. This study aimed to explore the motivations and understand the barriers, if any, experienced by consumers before and when partnering with cancer research teams.

Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with consumers and the results analysed thematically.

Prehabilitation in high-risk patients scheduled for major abdominal cancer surgery: a feasibility study.

Background: Patients presenting for major surgery with low cardiorespiratory fitness (deconditioning) and other modifiable risk factors are at increased risk of postoperative complications. This study investigated the feasibility of delivering prehabilitation in high-risk patients scheduled for major abdominal cancer surgery.

Methods: Eligible patients in this single-center cohort study included patients with poor fitness (objectively assessed by cardiopulmonary exercise testing, CPET) scheduled for elective major abdominal cancer surgery.

The minimal clinically important difference in the treadmill six-minute walk test in active women with breast cancer during and after oncological treatments.

Purpose: To examine the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) in the treadmill 6-minute walk test (6MWT) in women with breast cancer.

Materials And Methods: A secondary analysis of cross-sectional data from 112 women who were undergoing chemotherapy or had undergone anticancer treatment was conducted. Participants completed the 6MWT on a treadmill and the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Questionnaire (EORTC-QLQ-C30) twice, eight weeks apart.

Implementing a telehealth prehabilitation education session for patients preparing for major cancer surgery.

Background: Prehabilitation services assist patients in preparing for surgery, yet access to these services are often limited by geographical factors. Enabling rural and regional patients to access specialist surgical prehabilitation support with the use of telehealth technology has the potential to overcome health inequities and improve post-operative outcomes.

Aim: To evaluate the current and likely future impact of a telehealth preoperative education package for patients preparing for major abdominal cancer surgery.

Efficacy of Prehabilitation Including Exercise on Postoperative Outcomes Following Abdominal Cancer Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

This systematic review set out to identify, evaluate and synthesise the evidence examining the effect of prehabilitation including exercise on postoperative outcomes following abdominal cancer surgery. Five electronic databases (MEDLINE 1946-2020, EMBASE 1947-2020, CINAHL 1937-2020, PEDro 1999-2020, and Cochrane Central Registry of Controlled Trials 1991-2020) were systematically searched (until August 2020) for randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that investigated the effects of prehabilitation interventions in patients undergoing abdominal cancer surgery. This review included any form of prehabilitation either unimodal or multimodal that included whole body and/or respiratory exercises as a stand-alone intervention or in addition to other prehabilitation interventions (such as nutrition and psychology) compared to standard care.

'Probably better than any medication we can give you': General practitioners' views on exercise and nutrition in cancer.

Background And Objectives: Exercise and healthy eating patterns are effective in improving health-related quality of life for patients with cancer. However, little is known about general practitioners' (GPs') views and experiences regarding providing exercise and nutrition recommendations to their patients with cancer. The aim of this study was to 1) report GPs' experiences of providing nutrition and exercise advice to their patients and 2) identify perceived barriers and enablers to implementation of exercise and nutrition advice throughout the cancer journey from the GP perspective.

Patient acceptance of prehabilitation for major surgery: an exploratory survey.

Purpose: Prehabilitation programs are effective in optimising patient's functional reserve prior to surgery and increasingly associated with reduced postoperative complications. However, acceptability of programs among patients is largely unknown. This study set out to explore the acceptability of prehabilitation from the perspective of patients awaiting major cancer surgery.

Socioeconomic Position and Health Outcomes Following Critical Illness: A Systematic Review.

Objectives: Systematically review evidence examining association between preadmission socioeconomic position and physical function, health-related quality of life and survival following critical illness.

Data Sources: Four electronic databases (MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, CENTRAL) and personal libraries were searched. Reference lists of eligible articles were cross-checked.

Group interventions to promote mental health in health professional education: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Effects of interventions for improving mental health of health professional students has not been established. This review analysed interventions to support mental health of health professional students and their effects. The full holdings of Medline, PsycINFO, EBM Reviews, Cinahl Plus, ERIC and EMBASE were searched until 15th April 2016.