Título : “To be myself again”: Perceived benefits of group-based exercise for colorectal cancer patients |
Autor : Tortosa-Martínez, Juan Beltrán-Carrillo, Vicente J. ![](/jspui/image/ORCID.jpg) Romero-Elías, María ![](/jspui/image/ORCID.jpg) Ruiz-Casado, Ana ![](/jspui/image/ORCID.jpg) Jiménez-Loaisa, Alejandro ![](/jspui/image/ORCID.jpg) González-Cutre, David ![](/jspui/image/ORCID.jpg) |
Editor : Elsevier |
Departamento: Departamentos de la UMH::Ciencias del Deporte |
Fecha de publicación: 2023-07-27 |
URI : https://hdl.handle.net/11000/33005 |
Resumen :
Purpose: To explore the perceived benefits of a group-based exercise program for patients with colorectal cancer
(CRC) undergoing chemotherapy treatment.
Methods: In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with all participants (n = 27) at the end of the
exercise program (patients, relatives and healthcare professionals). The exercise instructor in charge of the exercise program with CRC patients also collected observational field notes throughout a research diary.
Results: Three main themes related to exercise as a coping strategy were obtained: (a) physical recovery; (b)
psychosocial well-being, and (c) reconnection with their embodied selves and normal lives. Physical recovery
included a perceived increase in fitness and a reduction in physical side-effects. Psychosocial well-being included
perceived benefits in self-confidence, sense of control, reduced fear, feeling of being useful, sense of achievement,
positive thinking and avoiding depression. All the physical and psychosocial benefits helped patients reconnect
with their embodied selves, engage in activities practised before the diagnoses, improve their body image, avoid
stigma, and increase their social life beyond cancer diagnoses. In this sense, some patients held on to their past
selves, trying to keep or recover normality in their lives, while others acknowledged that they might not be the
same person anymore, with exercise being part of this new identity.
Conclusions: This study shows that exercise is a coping strategy that benefitted CRC patients in several ways
related to their physical and psychosocial quality of life.
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Palabras clave/Materias: Quality of life Physical activity Stress Identity Embodied self |
Área de conocimiento : CDU: Bellas artes: Diversiones. Espectáculos. Cine. Teatro. Danza. Juegos.Deportes |
Tipo documento : application/pdf |
Derechos de acceso: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional |
DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejon.2023.102405 |
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