Hispanic ethnicity as a moderator of the effects of aerobic and resistance exercise on physical fitness and quality-of-life in breast cancer survivors

BACKGROUND: Exercise can profoundly affect physical fitness and quality of life in breast cancer survivors; however, few studies have focused on minorities. This secondary analysis examines Hispanic ethnicity as a moderator of the effects of a 16-week aerobic and resistance exercise intervention on physical fitness and quality of life in breast cancer survivors.

METHODS: Eligible breast cancer survivors (n = 100) were randomized to exercise (n = 50) or usual care (n = 50). The exercise intervention consisted of supervised moderate-vigorous aerobic and resistance exercise thrice weekly for 16 weeks. Physical fitness and quality of life were measured at baseline, post-intervention, and 28-week follow-up (exercise only). Linear mixed-models adjusted for baseline value of the outcome, age, disease stage, adjuvant treatment, and recent physical activity were used to evaluate effect modification by ethnicity.

RESULTS: The study sample included 57% Hispanic and 43% non-Hispanic breast cancer survivors. Hispanic breast cancer survivors were younger, less fit, and diagnosed with more advanced cancers compared with non-Hispanic breast cancer survivors (p < 0.001). Ethnicity was found to moderate the effects of exercise training on all physical fitness and quality-of-life measures including VO2max (8.4 mL/kg/min; 95% confidence interval (95% CI) 3.2 to 13.4), physical well-being (12.3; 95% CI 4.2 to 18.4), and emotional well-being (11.4; 95% CI 5.9 to 15.5). In all cases, Hispanics experienced larger benefits than non-Hispanics.

CONCLUSIONS: Hispanic breast cancer survivors have poorer cardiorespiratory fitness, muscle strength, and quality-of-life and therefore may derive larger benefits from exercise than non-Hispanic breast cancer survivors. Clinical exercise interventions may attenuate existing health disparities among minority breast cancer survivors.

IMPLICATION OF CANCER SURVIVORS: Here we report psychosocial and fitness-related disparities among Hispanic breast cancer survivors when compared with their non-Hispanic counterparts. Our exercise intervention highlights the importance of exercise for minority cancer survivors and the need for distinct, culturally tailored exercise intervention approaches to reduce psychosocial and fitness-related disparities among this understudied population of cancer survivors.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice - 15(2021), 1 vom: 17. Feb., Seite 127-139

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dieli-Conwright, Christina M [VerfasserIn]
Fox, Frank S [VerfasserIn]
Tripathy, Debu [VerfasserIn]
Sami, Nathalie [VerfasserIn]
Van Fleet, Jessica [VerfasserIn]
Buchanan, Thomas A [VerfasserIn]
Spicer, Darcy [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Kyuwan [VerfasserIn]
Mortimer, Joanne [VerfasserIn]
Bernstein, Leslie [VerfasserIn]
Demark-Wahnefried, Wendy [VerfasserIn]
Courneya, Kerry S [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Breast cancer survivors
Hispanic
Journal Article
Obesity
Physical fitness
Quality of life
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

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Date Completed 19.10.2021

Date Revised 02.02.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s11764-020-00918-3

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM312576293