eprintid: 10126555 rev_number: 19 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/12/65/55 datestamp: 2021-04-26 12:10:47 lastmod: 2022-05-06 10:25:36 status_changed: 2021-04-26 12:10:47 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Ito, N creators_name: Petrella, A creators_name: Sabiston, C creators_name: Fisher, A creators_name: Pugh, G title: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis of Exercise Interventions to Manage Fatigue Among Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults with Cancer ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: D12 divisions: J96 keywords: cancer-related fatigue, children, teenage and young adult, exercise note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: Exercise is known to improve fatigue among adult cancer patients however there is limited understanding of this relationship in children, adolescents, and young adults (AYA) with cancer. The aim is to evaluate the effect of exercise on fatigue outcomes among children and AYA with cancer and to identify important parameters of exercise (frequency, intensity, time, type, and setting), which may be relevant for future intervention design. A systematic search of PubMed, MedLine, CENTRAL, Embase, and Web of Science databases was conducted in December 2019, for studies within the last decade, reporting the effect of exercise on fatigue among cancer patients and survivors 0–24 years of age. Quality assessment was conducted using the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) and “Before/After Studies with No Control Group” scales. Seventeen studies (n = 681 participants) were included, of which six were randomized controlled trials (RCTs), and the remaining being pilot (n = 5) or feasibility studies (n = 6). Across studies there was great heterogeneity in intervention delivery, frequency (range: 1–7 days a week), time (range: 10–60 minutes), and duration (range: 3–24 weeks). A positive effect of exercise on fatigue was observed, however, most changes in fatigue were not statistically significant. Exercise is beneficial for reducing fatigue in young cancer patients. However, due to the heterogeneity and quality of existing interventions, firm conclusions about the most effective mode and format of exercise intervention cannot be drawn. There is a need for more definitive large-scale RCTs that can provide data of sufficient quality. date: 2021-08 date_type: published publisher: MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC official_url: https://doi.org/10.1089/jayao.2020.0136 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1852237 doi: 10.1089/jayao.2020.0136 lyricists_name: Fisher, Abigail lyricists_id: AFISH40 actors_name: Fisher, Abigail actors_id: AFISH40 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology volume: 10 number: 4 pagerange: 361-378 pages: 18 citation: Ito, N; Petrella, A; Sabiston, C; Fisher, A; Pugh, G; (2021) A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis of Exercise Interventions to Manage Fatigue Among Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults with Cancer. Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology , 10 (4) pp. 361-378. 10.1089/jayao.2020.0136 <https://doi.org/10.1089/jayao.2020.0136>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10126555/1/Re__AYA_Fatigue_Review_.zip