Effect of Baduanjin exercise prescription on cancer-related fatigue and hope level in patients with advanced gastric cancer

XIU Minning; HE Yanyan; GAO Juan; XU Rui; HOU Qingmei; FAN Hui

doi:10.3969/j.issn.2096-501X.2024.06.002

Abstract：Objective To investigate the effects of Baduanjin exercise prescription on cancer-related fatigue and hope in patients with advanced gastric cancer.Methods Seventy-six patients with advanced gastric cancer who were hospitalized in the Department of Oncology,Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine from March 2023 to January 2024 were selected by convenience sampling.They were divided into observation group and control group according to random number table,with 38 cases in each group.Routine nursing was used in the control group,and Baduanjin exercise prescription was used in the observation group based on the control group,which was exercised for three days per week and divided into three times in the morning,middle,and evening within a day,each exercise lasting 10 minutes based on patients' tolerance,for a total of eight weeks.Cancer-related fatigue,hope levels and quality of life were observed in both groups.Results There was no significant difference in BFI score,Herth Hope Scale score and QLQ-C30 scores between the two groups before intervention ( P>0.05 ) .After intervention,the BFI score in the observation group was significantly lower than that in the control group.The Herth Hope Scale score and the physical function,emotional function,cognitive function,social function,and total health status scores in QLQ-C30 were higher than those in the control group,and the differences were statistically significant( P<0.05) .However the character function score was no significantly higher in the observation group compared to the control group ( P>0.05 ) .Conclusions Baduanjin exercise prescription can effectively alleviates cancer-related fatigue in patients with advanced gastric cancer,improve their hope level and quality of life.