RT Journal Article
T1 Accelerometer-Measured Physical Activity, Inactivity, and Related Factors in Family Caregivers of Patients with Terminal Cancer
A1 Valero-Cantero, Inmaculada
A1 Casals, Cristina
A1 Corral Pérez, Juan
A1 Barón-López, Francisco Javier
A1 Warnberg, Julia
A1 Vázquez-Sánchez, María Ángeles
K1 Calidad de vida
AB The physical activity (PA) and inactivity of family caregivers of cancer patients were investigated and related to burden and quality of life through a cross-sectional multicentre study. A total of 75 caregivers were recruited from June 2020 to March 2021. The levels of PA and inactivity were estimated with a wrist accelerometer, 24 h a day, for 7 consecutive days. The Quality of Life Family Version, the Caregiver Strain Index, the total duration of care, the average number of hours spent in care, and the assistance received were registered. Our results showed that moderate-to-vigorous PA was 96.40 ± 46.93 min/day, with 90.7% of participants performing more than 150 min/week of physical activity, and this was significantly associated with age (r = −0.237). Daily inactivity was 665.78 ± 94.92 min, and inactivity for 20–30 min was significantly associated with caregiver burden (r = 0.232) and quality of life (r = −0.322). Compliance with the World Health Organization recommendations was significantly associated with a lower quality of life (r = −0.269). The strength of these associations was limited (r ~0.2). In conclusion, the PA performed by most caregivers met the established recommendations, although older caregivers (>65 years old) performed lower moderate-to-vigorous PA than younger ones. In addition, the mean inactive time was high (11 h/day), showing slight relationships with the burden and quality of life of caregivers
PB IOAP-MDPI
YR 2022
FD 2022-12-22
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/25956
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/25956
LA eng
NO Valero-Cantero I, Casals C, Corral-Pérez J, Barón-López FJ, Wärnberg J, Vázquez-Sánchez MÁ. Accelerometer-Measured Physical Activity, Inactivity, and Related Factors in Family Caregivers of Patients with Terminal Cancer. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023; 20(1):179. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010179
NO External funding for this study involving research, development, and innovation (R + D + I) in biomedical and health sciences in Andalusia was obtained from the Regional Health Ministry of “Junta de Andalucia”, under Project AP-0225-2019. This work was partially funded by Junta de Andalucia and ERDF with the project “UMA20-FEDERJA-154” of financial support for R + D + I projects in the ERDF-Andalusia Operational Programme 2014–2020 (Programa Operativo FEDER Andalucía 2014-2020). J.C.-P. is supported by a predoctoral grant from the Spanish Ministry of Education (Ministerio de Educación), grant number FPU19/02326. Partial funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málaga
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026