Maarten van Egmond

99 The effectiveness of physiotherapy with telerehabilitation 5 Outcomes Results a Conclusion Control Primary Secondary Routine care Physical activity · Fitness, · Physical functioning · Fatigue · Exercise self-efficacy Change in Baseline to 16 weeks: · Physical activity: 54.5 (SD 142.0) vs 14.6 (SD 117.2), P = .13 A telephone-based ex- ercise intervention has the ability to improve fitness and physical functioning Health care advice plus tele- phone calls Seven-Day Physi- cal Activity Recall · Motivational Readiness for PA · MOS SF36 · FACT-F Change in baseline to 6 months: · 7-day PAR: 32.16 (95% CI 3.06 to 61.26) · SF36: -0.35 (95% CI -0.46 to -0.23) · FACT-F: 1.89 (95% CI -0.54 to 4.33) Health care advice plus telephone-counselling improved PA among breast cancer patients at 3 and 6 months Contact con- trol to monitor problems The effect on self-reported PA and fitness · Motivational readiness for PA · Fatigue · Self-report- ed physical functioning · QoL (SF36) Change in baseline to 6 months: · 7-day PAR: 1.18 (95% CI 0.81 to 0.149) · SF-36: 0.08 (95% CI 0.24 to 0.731) A telephone-mediated home based inter- vention improved PA, motivational readiness and fitness levels Access to a con- trol website Return to work · QoL (SF36) · General recovery · Pain intensity · Return to work: HR 1.43 (95% CI 1.003 to 2.040), P = .048 · QoL: 1.43 (95% CI 1.003 to –2.040), P = .048 The use of eHealth resulted in a faster return to work, with a higher QoL TUG, timed up and go; POMS, profile of mood states; STAI, state-trait anxiety inventory; DASH, disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand; FACIT, functional assessment of chronic illness therapy; 7-day PAR, 7-day physical activity recall scale; FACT-B+4, functional assessment of cancer therapy-breast; FACT-F, functional assessment of cancer therapy scale-fatigue; n/a, not applicable a Results are presented as Interventions versus control, unless otherwise stated b This study did not specify the number of male/ female participants c Results are presented as median (range)