Special Attention to Physical Activity in Breast Cancer Patients during the First Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy: The DianaWeb Cohort
Recent evidence highlights that physical activity (PA) is associated with decreased recurrence risk, improved survival and quality of life for breast cancer (BC) patients. Our study aimed to explore patterns of increased/decreased PA, and sedentary behaviors among BC women of the DianaWeb cohort dur...
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| author | Valentina Natalucci Milena Villarini Rita Emili Mattia Acito Luciana Vallorani Elena Barbieri Anna Villarini |
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| description | Recent evidence highlights that physical activity (PA) is associated with decreased recurrence risk, improved survival and quality of life for breast cancer (BC) patients. Our study aimed to explore patterns of increased/decreased PA, and sedentary behaviors among BC women of the DianaWeb cohort during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic, and examined the association with residential locations, work changes, different modality used to increase PA, and quality of life. The study analyzed the questionnaires completed by the 781 BC women (age 54.68 ± 8.75 years on both December 2019 and June 2020. Results showed a decrease of 22%, 57%, and 26% for walking activity, vigorous activity, and total PA, respectively. Sitting/lying time increased up to 54.2% of the subjects recruited. High quality of life was associated with lower odds of being sedentary (<i>p</i> = 0.003). Our findings suggest that innovative health management fostering compliance with current guidelines for PA and active behavior should be implemented, especially in unpredictable emergency conditions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c9af199e9647459084b96afb929b82402023-11-21T18:35:33ZengMDPI AGJournal of Personalized Medicine2075-44262021-05-0111538110.3390/jpm11050381Special Attention to Physical Activity in Breast Cancer Patients during the First Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy: The DianaWeb CohortValentina Natalucci0Milena Villarini1Rita Emili2Mattia Acito3Luciana Vallorani4Elena Barbieri5Anna Villarini6Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, 61029 Urbino, ItalyDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, 06122 Perugia, ItalyU.O.C. Oncologia Medica, ASUR Area Vasta 1, Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia di Urbino, 61029 Urbino, ItalyDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, 06122 Perugia, ItalyDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, 61029 Urbino, ItalyDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, 61029 Urbino, ItalyDepartment of Research, Epidemiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, 20133 Milano, ItalyRecent evidence highlights that physical activity (PA) is associated with decreased recurrence risk, improved survival and quality of life for breast cancer (BC) patients. Our study aimed to explore patterns of increased/decreased PA, and sedentary behaviors among BC women of the DianaWeb cohort during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic, and examined the association with residential locations, work changes, different modality used to increase PA, and quality of life. The study analyzed the questionnaires completed by the 781 BC women (age 54.68 ± 8.75 years on both December 2019 and June 2020. Results showed a decrease of 22%, 57%, and 26% for walking activity, vigorous activity, and total PA, respectively. Sitting/lying time increased up to 54.2% of the subjects recruited. High quality of life was associated with lower odds of being sedentary (<i>p</i> = 0.003). Our findings suggest that innovative health management fostering compliance with current guidelines for PA and active behavior should be implemented, especially in unpredictable emergency conditions.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4426/11/5/381breast cancerCOVID-19 pandemichealth managementphysical activityDianaWebepidemiology |
| spellingShingle | Valentina Natalucci Milena Villarini Rita Emili Mattia Acito Luciana Vallorani Elena Barbieri Anna Villarini Special Attention to Physical Activity in Breast Cancer Patients during the First Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy: The DianaWeb Cohort Journal of Personalized Medicine breast cancer COVID-19 pandemic health management physical activity DianaWeb epidemiology |
| title | Special Attention to Physical Activity in Breast Cancer Patients during the First Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy: The DianaWeb Cohort |
| title_full | Special Attention to Physical Activity in Breast Cancer Patients during the First Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy: The DianaWeb Cohort |
| title_fullStr | Special Attention to Physical Activity in Breast Cancer Patients during the First Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy: The DianaWeb Cohort |
| title_full_unstemmed | Special Attention to Physical Activity in Breast Cancer Patients during the First Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy: The DianaWeb Cohort |
| title_short | Special Attention to Physical Activity in Breast Cancer Patients during the First Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy: The DianaWeb Cohort |
| title_sort | special attention to physical activity in breast cancer patients during the first wave of covid 19 pandemic in italy the dianaweb cohort |
| topic | breast cancer COVID-19 pandemic health management physical activity DianaWeb epidemiology |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4426/11/5/381 |
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