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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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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/). |
spellingShingle | Communication 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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