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Tailored Sailing Experience to Reduce Psychological Distress and Improve the Quality of Life of Breast Cancer Survivors: A Survey-Based Pilot Study

Background: Growing evidence indicates that physical/sporting activities may improve the health outcomes and quality of life (QoL) of breast cancer (BC) survivors. Since recent reports have suggested that sailing can improve the psychophysical well-being and QoL of people with disabilities, this pil...

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Autores principales: Mirandola, Daniela, Franchi, Giovanna, Maruelli, Alice, Vinci, Manuela, Muraca, Maria Grazia, Miccinesi, Guido, Manetti, Mirko, Marini, Mirca
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Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7345345/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32575442
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124406
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author Mirandola, Daniela
Franchi, Giovanna
Maruelli, Alice
Vinci, Manuela
Muraca, Maria Grazia
Miccinesi, Guido
Manetti, Mirko
Marini, Mirca
author_facet Mirandola, Daniela
Franchi, Giovanna
Maruelli, Alice
Vinci, Manuela
Muraca, Maria Grazia
Miccinesi, Guido
Manetti, Mirko
Marini, Mirca
author_sort Mirandola, Daniela
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description Background: Growing evidence indicates that physical/sporting activities may improve the health outcomes and quality of life (QoL) of breast cancer (BC) survivors. Since recent reports have suggested that sailing can improve the psychophysical well-being and QoL of people with disabilities, this pilot study evaluated the effectiveness of a tailored sailing experience on the QoL and psychological distress (PD) of BC survivors. Methods: A group of 19 breast cancer survivors, who were attending the Cancer Rehabilitation Center in Florence, were invited to participate in a sailing school and completed a survey based on a structured online questionnaire assessing QoL and PD both on departure (baseline) and one week after returning (follow-up). The survey comprised a first part (i.e., sociodemographic characteristics and the practice of physical/sporting activities at baseline; sailing experience satisfaction at follow-up) and a second part (i.e., Short Form-12 (SF-12), State/Trait-Anxiety Inventory form Y (STAI-Y), distress thermometer questionnaires). A paired Student’s t-test was used to compare the baseline versus follow-up QoL and PD scores. Results: A statistically significant improvement in SF-12 mental component scores and a reduction in both STAI-Y state/trait components and distress thermometer scores were found after the sailing experience. Conclusions: We conclude that sailing practice could be a feasible intervention to increase the psychophysical well-being of BC survivors.
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spelling pubmed-73453452020-07-09 Tailored Sailing Experience to Reduce Psychological Distress and Improve the Quality of Life of Breast Cancer Survivors: A Survey-Based Pilot Study Mirandola, Daniela Franchi, Giovanna Maruelli, Alice Vinci, Manuela Muraca, Maria Grazia Miccinesi, Guido Manetti, Mirko Marini, Mirca Int J Environ Res Public Health Communication Background: Growing evidence indicates that physical/sporting activities may improve the health outcomes and quality of life (QoL) of breast cancer (BC) survivors. Since recent reports have suggested that sailing can improve the psychophysical well-being and QoL of people with disabilities, this pilot study evaluated the effectiveness of a tailored sailing experience on the QoL and psychological distress (PD) of BC survivors. Methods: A group of 19 breast cancer survivors, who were attending the Cancer Rehabilitation Center in Florence, were invited to participate in a sailing school and completed a survey based on a structured online questionnaire assessing QoL and PD both on departure (baseline) and one week after returning (follow-up). The survey comprised a first part (i.e., sociodemographic characteristics and the practice of physical/sporting activities at baseline; sailing experience satisfaction at follow-up) and a second part (i.e., Short Form-12 (SF-12), State/Trait-Anxiety Inventory form Y (STAI-Y), distress thermometer questionnaires). A paired Student’s t-test was used to compare the baseline versus follow-up QoL and PD scores. Results: A statistically significant improvement in SF-12 mental component scores and a reduction in both STAI-Y state/trait components and distress thermometer scores were found after the sailing experience. Conclusions: We conclude that sailing practice could be a feasible intervention to increase the psychophysical well-being of BC survivors. MDPI 2020-06-19 2020-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7345345/ /pubmed/32575442 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124406 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Mirandola, Daniela
Franchi, Giovanna
Maruelli, Alice
Vinci, Manuela
Muraca, Maria Grazia
Miccinesi, Guido
Manetti, Mirko
Marini, Mirca
Tailored Sailing Experience to Reduce Psychological Distress and Improve the Quality of Life of Breast Cancer Survivors: A Survey-Based Pilot Study
title Tailored Sailing Experience to Reduce Psychological Distress and Improve the Quality of Life of Breast Cancer Survivors: A Survey-Based Pilot Study
title_full Tailored Sailing Experience to Reduce Psychological Distress and Improve the Quality of Life of Breast Cancer Survivors: A Survey-Based Pilot Study
title_fullStr Tailored Sailing Experience to Reduce Psychological Distress and Improve the Quality of Life of Breast Cancer Survivors: A Survey-Based Pilot Study
title_full_unstemmed Tailored Sailing Experience to Reduce Psychological Distress and Improve the Quality of Life of Breast Cancer Survivors: A Survey-Based Pilot Study
title_short Tailored Sailing Experience to Reduce Psychological Distress and Improve the Quality of Life of Breast Cancer Survivors: A Survey-Based Pilot Study
title_sort tailored sailing experience to reduce psychological distress and improve the quality of life of breast cancer survivors: a survey-based pilot study
topic Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7345345/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32575442
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124406
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