Among 13 core symptoms across 3,106 breast, colorectal, prostate, and lung cancer patients, persons with lung cancer were the most symptomatic, with moderate to severe fatigue being reported with the greatest prevalence. This is a proposed randomized controlled trial of a novel rehabilitative intervention for persons with non-small cell lung cancer after surgery that promotes self-management of cancer-related fatigue (CRF) and is practical, portable, low cost, and safe. The results of the study will provide a novel exercise intervention, and its optimal timing, that helps a vulnerable population by reducing CRF severity and fatigability and is applicable to nearly all post-thoracotomy lung cancer patients.
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Cancer-related Fatigue Severity Using The Brief Fatigue Inventory.
Timeframe: about 6 weeks after discharge from the hospital
Cancer-Related Fatigue Fatigability as Assessed Using the 6 Minute Walk Test.
Timeframe: Immediately after discharge from the hospital