Table 1 Characteristics of included randomized controlled trials (n = 29)
Study | Intervention | Population | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reference + (Additional paper) | Country | Intervention type | Duration | Cancer type of survivors* | Specific inclusion criteria | Control group | Study size |
Adams et al. (2018) [54] | Canada | High-intensity interval training | 12 weeks | Testicular | Participants should not perform regular vigorous intensity aerobic exercise | Usual care | 63 |
Bantum et al. (2014) [41] | USA | Web-Based Health Behaviour Change intervention on amongst others mental health, sleep, diet, and exercise | 6 weeks (measured only at six months) | Any type (45.0% breast, 12.8% Endometrium/ Uterine/Ovarian) | Wait-list / delayed-treatment control | 352 | |
Bennett, Lyons, Winters-Stone, Nail, & Scherer (2007) [46] | New Zealand | Motivational interviewing on increasing physical activity | 6 months | Any type (76.8% breast) | Participants should be fatigued and inactive | Usual activities | 56 |
Brown et al. (2018) (50) + Brown et al. (2016) [76] | USA | Low-dose aerobic exercise and high-dose aerobic exercise | 6 months | Colon | ≤ 150 min per week of moderate or vigorous intensity physical activity | Usual care | 39 |
Cantarero-Villanueva et al. (2012) [27] | Spain | Multimodal exercise program (8 weeks) + DVD with same exercise program and massage and relaxation techniques, and healthy lifestyle advice | 8 weeks | Breast | Usual care | 78 | |
Cantarero-Villanueva et al. (2013) [28] | Spain | Deep water aquatic exercise program | 8 weeks | Breast | Participants should be fatigued | Usual care | 68 |
Chang et al. (2020) [55] | Taiwan | Nurse-led exercise informatics program, including walking and health education | 12 weeks | Esophageal | Usual care | 88 | |
Fillion et al. (2008) [31] | Canada | Brief group intervention that combines stress management psychoeducation and physical activity | 4 weeks | Breast | Physical activity readiness | Usual care | 94 |
Galiano-Castillo et al. (2016) [29] + Galiano-Castillo et al. (2013) [77] | Spain | Telerehabilitation program: internet-based exercise program | 8 weeks | Breast | Usual care + information | 81 | |
Ghavami & Akyolcu (2017) [37] + Ghavami & Akyolcu (2017) [78]† | Iran, Turkey | Supervised aerobic exercises with dietary energy restriction training | 24 weeks | Breast | Participants should not be regularly active + BMI > 25 kg/m2 | Usual care | 80 |
Hagstrom et al. (2016) [33] | Australia | Supervised resistance training | 16 weeks | Breast | Participants should be sedentary | Usual care wait-list | 39 |
USA | Physical activity intervention | 12 weeks | Breast | Participants should be sedentary and have memory / concentration problems | Wait-list wellness contact control | 87 | |
Germany | 3 months | Breast | Usual care | 363 | |||
Netherlands | High-intensity exercise and low-moderate intensity exercise | 12 weeks | Breast (65.3%), colon (18.0%), ovarian (4.3%), cervix (1.3%), testis (1.7%), or lymphomas (9.3%) | Wait-list | 277 | ||
South Korea | Home-based exercise program | 12 weeks | Colorectal | Usual activities | 71 | ||
Knols et al. (2011) [52] | Switzerland | Supervised physical exercise program, with both endurance and resistive strength exercise | 12 weeks | Hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation recipients (64.2% lymphoma, 35.9% leukaemia) | Usual care | 131 | |
Netherlands | Aerobic and strength exercise intervention | 6 months | Breast (chemotherapy-exposed) | ≤ 150 min of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per week | Usual activities | 181 | |
Mardani et al. (2021) [53] | Iran | Exercise program with aerobic, resistant, flexible and pelvic floor muscle exercises | 12 weeks | Prostate | Usual care and usual activities | 80 | |
Pinto, Frierson, Rabin, Trunzo, & Marcus (2005) [34] | USA | Home-based physical activity intervention, physical activity counselling delivered via telephone + exercise sheets | 12 weeks | Breast | Participants should be sedentary | Contact control, usual activities + information but not on PA | 86 |
Pinto, Papandonatos, Goldstein, Marcus, & Farrell (2013) [51] | USA | Home-based telephone counselling physical activity intervention | 3 months | Colorectal | Participants should be sedentary | Contact control + information but not on PA | 46 |
Prinsen et al. (2013) [45] + Gielissen, Verhagen, Witjes & Bleijenberg [84] | Netherlands | CBT addressing physical activity | 6 months | Any type (36.5% breast, 23.5% head and neck cancer) | Participants should be fatigued (severely) | Wait-list | 37 |
Repka & Hayward (2018) [47] | USA | Exercise intervention aerobic + resistance, balance, and flexibility | 10 weeks | Any type (radiation or chemotherapy exposed) (45.6% breast) | Participants should be sedentary | (1) Usual care + information (2) Non-cancer | 22 |
USA | Physical activity behaviour change intervention | 3 months | Breast | Participants should not be regularly active | Usual care + information on PA recommendations | 222 | |
Saarto et al. (2012) [30] | Finland | Exercise Program, both supervised and home training | 12 months | Breast | Usual activities | 573 | |
Short, James, Girgis, D’Souza, & Plotnikoff (2015) [32] + Short, James, Girgis, Mcelduff & Plotnikoff 2012) [86] + Vallance, Courneya, Taylor, Plotnikoff, & MacKey (2008) [87] | Australia | Tailored-print and targeted-print materials for promoting physical activity, three-arm behaviour change | 3 months | Breast | Physical activity readiness (could be active) | Standard recommendation | 330 |
Thorsen et al. (2005) [43] | Norway | Supervised, home-based, training program on physical activity | 14 weeks | Breast (38.0%), gynaecologic (21.5%), testicular (18.0%) Lymphoma (22.5%) | Usual activities | 158 | |
Vallance et al. (2020) [40] + Lynch et al. (2018) [88] | Australia | Intervention with wearable technology and behavioural change approaches to increase physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour | 12 weeks | Breast (post menopausal) | Inactive: < 75 min per week of MVPA, and more than seven hours of sedentary behaviour per day | Wait-list control | 83 |
Netherlands | Web-based computer tailored intervention on providing psychological and lifestyle support (mental health, diet, physical activity, fatigue, and other symptoms) | 6 months | Any type (71.2% breast) | Usual care, wait-list | 518 | ||
Yun et al. (2020) [48] | South Korea | Health coaching and a web-based program on physical activity, weight, and distress management (three arms) | 12 months | Breast (35.5%), Lung (26.2%), Colorectal (21.6%) and stomach (16.8%) | Participants should not be regularly active | Usual care + health education booklet on PA, diet, and distress management. | 394 |