Andysz Aleksandra, Merecz Dorota, Wójcik Aleksandra, Świątkowska Beata, Sierocka Kamilla, Najder Anna
Department of Occupational Psychology, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz, Poland.
Department of Environmental Epidemiology, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz, Poland.
Prz Menopauzalny. 2014 Jun;13(3):186-93. doi: 10.5114/pm.2014.43823. Epub 2014 Jun 30.
The following research is aimed at determining the effect of yoga on the quality of life of women after breast cancer surgery.
A 10-week yoga programme included 90-minute yoga lessons once a week. To estimate the quality of life, questionnaires developed by the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (QLQ-C30 and QLQ-BR23) were used. An experimental group consisted of 12 women who practised yoga, a control group - of 16 women who did not. Between groups there were no differences in age, time from operation and characteristics associated with disease, treatment and participation in rehabilitation.
Our results revealed an improvement of general health and quality of life, physical and social functioning as well as a reduction of difficulties in daily activities among exercising women. Also their future prospects enhanced - they worried less about their health than they used to before participating in the programme. As compared to baseline, among exercising women, fatigue, dyspnoea and discomfort (pain, swelling, sensitivity) in the arm and breast on the operated side decreased.
Participation in the exercising programme resulted in an improvement of physical functioning, reduction of fatigue, dyspnoea, and discomfort in the area of the breast and arm on the operated side. Based on our results and those obtained in foreign studies, we conclude that rehabilitation with the use of yoga practice improves the quality of life of the patients after breast cancer surgery. However, we recommend further research on this issue in Poland.
以下研究旨在确定瑜伽对乳腺癌手术后女性生活质量的影响。
一项为期10周的瑜伽计划包括每周一次90分钟的瑜伽课程。为评估生活质量，使用了由欧洲癌症研究与治疗组织开发的问卷（QLQ-C30和QLQ-BR23）。实验组由12名练习瑜伽的女性组成，对照组由16名不练习瑜伽的女性组成。两组在年龄、手术时间以及与疾病、治疗和康复参与相关的特征方面无差异。
我们的结果显示，运动女性的总体健康和生活质量、身体和社会功能得到改善，日常活动中的困难减少。她们对未来的展望也有所增强——与参与该计划之前相比，她们对自身健康的担忧减少了。与基线相比，运动女性中，疲劳、呼吸困难以及患侧手臂和乳房的不适（疼痛、肿胀、敏感）有所减轻。
参与运动计划可改善身体功能，减轻疲劳、呼吸困难以及患侧乳房和手臂部位的不适。基于我们的研究结果以及国外研究所得，我们得出结论，采用瑜伽练习进行康复可改善乳腺癌手术后患者的生活质量。然而，我们建议在波兰针对此问题开展进一步研究。
