Specific autonomy recovery programme in a comprehensive rehabilitation on functionality and respiratory parameters in oncological patients with dyspnoea. Study protocol

• Published in: BMC nursing Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 1 - 120
• Main Authors: Fernández-Rodríguez, Eduardo José, González-Sánchez, Jesús, Puente-González, Ana Silvia, Recio-Rodríguez, José Ignacio, Sánchez-Gómez, Celia, Méndez-Sánchez, Roberto, Cruz-Hernández, Juan Jesús, Rihuete-Galve, María Isabel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central Ltd 05.07.2021; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Activities of daily living; Autonomy; Cancer; Cancer patients; Care and treatment; Chronic fatigue syndrome; Clinical medicine; Clinical trials; Comprehensive rehabilitation; Control; Dyspnea; Dyspnoea; Exercise; Health aspects; Measurement; Medical care; Medical research; Nursing; Oncology; Oximetry; Patients; Physical fitness; Physiological aspects; Quality management; Quality of life; Recovery (Medical); Shortness of breath; Study Protocol; Variables; Spain

Abstract Background Survival in cancer patients has increased exponentially in recent years, with multiple side effects caused by treatments. Cancer-related asthenia and dyspnea are among them, which represent a serious health problem, with considerable limitations and reduced quality of life. An im...