The relationship between physical activity and quality of life, side effects of chemotherapy in patients with leukemia: a systematic review

Introduction: changing the level of activity and doing sports activities is an easy and non-invasive care that has been considered. The results of studies in different types of cancers have shown that there is a significant relationship between sports activities and the physical and physiological condition of patients. The aim of this study was to systematic review the relationship between physical activity and quality of life, side effects of chemotherapy in patients with leukemia. Materials and Methods: In this study, the articles published at intervals from ۲۰۰۵ to December ۲۰۲۱ in the database Web of Science, PubMed, Science direct, Embase,, Cochrane, SID, Iran-medex and Magiran were indexed with key the words "physical activity", "quality of life", "side effects of chemotherapy" were examined. Entering criteria included: clinical trials, cohort studies and a systematic review articles, studies in cancer patients, exclusion criteria the case reports, Papers that their Full text in languages other than Persian or English language and to translate them was not possible. Results: In this study, ۱۵ clinical-trial study and ۵ review study were examined. The papers were evaluated on the importance of physical activity as a factor in reducing the side effects of chemotherapy, enhancing the quality of life was stressed. Conclusion: Increased physical activity an easy and non-invasive care. The results showed an increase in the level of activity increases the quality of life, reduce the side effects of chemotherapy in patients with leukemia. However, there is no strong evidence for the association and in this context there is a need for further investigation.

کلیدواژه ها:

physical activity ، quality of life ، side effects of chemotherapy ، leukemia