title: The effect of exercise on the severity of the fatigue in colorectal cancer patients who received chemotherapy in Ahwaz.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  One of the common side effects of cancer is fatigue that affects patients' life quality and leads to disability. Exercise has an important role in improving these patients' life quality and can be used as a complementary treatment. Moreover, there are few studies on the impact of exercise on fatigue among patients with colon cancer. Therefore, the present study investigated the effects of exercise on the severity of fatigue in patients with colorectal cancer who underwent chemotherapy in Ahwaz.
  
  
  METHODS
  In a quasi-experimental study, the adults with colorectal cancer were enrolled. The sample included 36 people. The study environment included adult hematology and chemotherapy wards of Shefa Hospital in Ahwaz. Data were collected using a demographic form and a questionnaire in order to measure the severity of fatigue. Then, the patients had 40 minutes of exercise, 3 times a week for 4 weeks. The effect of exercise versus fatigue intensity was measured at the end of every week. Data were analyzed using SPSS software.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean of the fatigue severity in the weeks after exercise was significantly different from the week before it. Friedman test showed significant differences between all the weeks before and after the exercise. The mean of the fatigue severity was 3.69 on the week 0 (before the exercise), and decreased to 3.57 on the first week after exercise, 3.46 on the second week, 2.58 on the third week, and 1.69 on the forth week.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Considering the results of this study, exercise and work-out can be an effective factor in reducing fatigue in patients.
authors: Nursing, Faculty Member, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Ahwaz University of Medical Sciences, Ahwaz, Iran.
authors: Abdolali
authors: A
authors: Shariati
authors: Shayesteh
authors: S
authors: Haghighi
authors: Seddigheh
authors: S
authors: Fayyazi
authors: Hamed
authors: H
authors: Tabesh
authors: Mehrnaz Moradi
authors: MM
authors: Kalboland
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