title: [Assessment of daily physical activity of breast cancer patients and comparison with two control populations].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose is to assess the physical activity of breast cancer patients using a questionnaire, the Population Physical Activity Questionnaire (POPAQ) and to compare the data with those from two female populations: one healthy population and one with a previous history of cardiovascular disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  This prospective study included 104 consecutive breast cancer patients who were addressed at the radiation oncology department, Institut de cancérologie de la Loire from March to July 2010. A questionnaire using factorial method was used for assessment of physical activity.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the study population, the rest energetic expenditures of physical energy related to both rest activity and low intensity activity were higher than in the healthy patients (5,292±1,376 versus 5,520±1,248 kJ/24 h, P<0.05 and 2,583±681 versus 2,494±558 kJ/24 h, P<0.05, respectively). Conversely, the energetic expenditures of physical energy related to both high physical activity and intensive physical activity were lower than in the healthy population (882±441 versus 1,560±868 kJ/24 h, P<0.05 et 210±274 versus 340±621 kJ/24 h, P<0.05, respectively).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The POPAQ allows quantifying the daily physical activity and seems feasible in clinical routine in breast cancer patients. In our study, it was found that the physical activity of those patients was significantly different from that of a healthy population. Further investigations are necessary for better defining the true impact of such differences in terms of incidence and prognostic for mammary carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Institut cancérologique de la Loire, département de radiothérapie, 108 bis, avenue Albert-Raimond, BP 60008, 42271 Saint-Priest-en-Jarez Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Jean-Baptiste
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Guichard
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garet
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Auberdiac
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nourissat
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Roche
authors.forename: Adrien
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mélis
authors.forename: Jean-Claude
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Barthélémy
authors.forename: Franck
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chauvin
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Da Costa
authors.forename: Cyrus
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chargari
authors.forename: Yacine
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Merrouche
authors.forename: Jean-Philippe
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Jacquin
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Collard
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Magné
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009043:Motor Activity; D050177:Overweight / Q000503:physiopathology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012146:Rest / Q000502:physiology; D057185:Sedentary Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult