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PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of post-operative exercise on body composition, psychological factors, time to flatus and length of hospital stay in stage 1~3 colorectal cancer patients. METHODS: A total of 35 post surgery patients were recruited and randomly assigned to the exercise or controlled group. Participants in the exercise group exercised twice a day while participants in the control group followed the clinical pathways (CP). RESULTS: A total of 25 participants completed the trial. Post-operative exercise resulted in a clinically meaningful, but statistically insignificant reduction in body weight (Exercise: -1.10±1.63 kg vs. CP: -0.63±1.16 kg; p=.111), fat mass (Exercise: -1.43±0.95 kg vs. CP: 0.64±4.29 kg; p=.100). When participants' body composition were compared to their baseline values at the baseline, only the exercise group experienced a significant reduction in body weight, body mass index (BMI) and fat mass. In addition, post-operative exercise significantly improved health related quality of life (Exercise: 2.27±2.08 vs CP: -12.82±22.47; p=.008). However, there was no difference in time to flatus and the length of hospital stay between groups. CONCLUSION: The current pilot study suggests that the post-operative exercise program was safe and produced for health related quality of life improvements in colorectal cancer patients.
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Humans , Body Composition , Body Mass Index , Body Weight , Colorectal Neoplasms , Critical Pathways , Flatulence , Length of Stay , Pilot Projects , Psychology , Quality of LifeABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the prevalence of osteoporosis in the Alzheimer's disease patients. METHODS: One hundred and twenty eight patients with Alzheimer's disease were included in this study. The patients are diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease using Korean-Mini Mental Status Examination (K-MMSE) and checked bone mineral density using single-energy (SE) quantitative computed tomography (QCT) in 2010. To define abnormality in terms of QCT of the spine, a bone mineral density (BMD) spine below 80 mg/cm3 is indicative of osteoporosis and BMD between 80 and 120 mg/cm3 is indicative osteopenia. RESULTS: The prevalence of osteoporosis in the control group is 29.73%. The prevalence of osteoporosis in the Alzheimer's disease patients is 96.87%. The prevalence of osteopenia in the Alzheimer's disease patients is 3.12%. The prevalence of severe osteoporosis fracture in the Alzheimer's disease patients is 32.03%. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of osteoporosis in Alzheimer's disease patients is higher than in the control group.