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The use of eHealth to promote physical activity in thoracic malignancies survivors: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Uso de eSalud para promover la actividad física en los supervivientes de neoplasias torácicas: revisión sistemática y metaanálisis
Janet Rodríguez-Torres, Andrés Calvache-Mateo, Araceli Ortiz-Rubio, Natalia Muñoz-Vigueras, Laura López-López, Marie C. Valenza
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Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
Received 14 March 2022. Accepted 24 October 2022
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Background

Survival rates for many forms of thoracic malignancies have improved over the past few decades, however, many survivors are coping with the side effects of cancer treatment for longer. Physical activity (PA) has been proposed as a therapeutic strategy to combat the effects of treatment in cancer survivors and eHealth could be a good way to encourage patients to practice it.

Objective

To explore the effects of eHealth in the promotion of PA among thoracic malignancies.

Methods

Suitable articles were searched using PubMed, Web of Science and Scopus databases using a combination of medical subject headings.

Results

In total, 4781 articles were identified, of which ten met eligibility criteria. Different eHealth interventions were described in these studies: mobile application (app) (n = 3), website (n = 2), email (n = 2), web and mobile application (n = 1), telephone counseling (n = 1) and online sheet (n = 1). All studies reported improvements in PA, with 8/10 studies reporting statistically significant changes.

Conclusion

Our results show that eHealth programs are useful to promote PA in malignancy thoracic survivors, compared to no intervention, conventional treatment or a dietary approach. Moreover, the meta-analysis also revealed eHealth is a good way to improve the level of PA in thoracic malignancies survivors.

Keywords:
eHealth
Physical activity
Thoracic malignancies
Survivors
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Antecedentes

Las tasas de supervivencia para muchas formas de neoplasias torácicas han mejorado durante las últimas décadas. Sin embargo, muchos supervivientes tienen que hacer frente a los efectos secundarios del tratamiento del cáncer durante un tiempo prolongado. La actividad física (AF) ha sido propuesta como estrategia terapéutica para combatir los efectos del tratamiento del cáncer, pudiendo ser eSalud una buena manera de animar a los pacientes a practicarla.

Objetivo

Explorar los efectos de eSalud en la promoción de la AF entre las neoplasias torácicas.

Métodos

Se realizó una búsqueda de los artículos adecuados utilizando las bases de datos de PubMed, Web of Science y Scopus, mediante una combinación de títulos de temas médicos.

Resultados

Se identificaron 4.781 artículos en total, de los cuales diez cumplieron los criterios de elegibilidad. Se describieron diferentes intervenciones de eSalud en estos estudios: aplicación para móviles (app) (n = 3), sitio web (n = 2), correo electrónico (n = 2), aplicación para web y móvil (n = 1), asesoramiento telefónico (n = 1) y página online (n = 1). Todos los estudios reportaron mejoras en cuanto a AF, y 8/10 estudios reportaron cambios estadísticamente significativos.

Conclusión

Nuestros resultados muestran que los programas de eSalud son útiles para promover la AF en los supervivientes de neoplasias torácicas, en comparación con la no intervención, el tratamiento convencional o el enfoque dietético. Además, este metaanálisis reveló también que eSalud es un buen modo de mejorar el nivel de AF en los supervivientes de neoplasias torácicas.

Palabras clave:
eSalud
Actividad física
Neoplasias torácicas
Supervivientes

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