The impact of physical exercise on sleep quality and duration in colorectal cancer patients during prehabilitation period

Sleep disturbance is one of the major complaints in patients after major surgery, which can impair to postoperative recovery. Exercise may be an effective non-pharmacological intervention to improve sleep for patients with advanced cancer. The main objective of this proposal is to evaluate the relationships between physical exercises and sleep parameters before surgical procedures and to determine whether anxiety and depression affect these relationships. I propose a randomized controlled pilot trial of patients with colorectal cancer scheduled for major abdominal surgery undergoing a prehabilitation intervention compared with usual care for an average of 4 weeks before planned surgery. Evaluation of relationships between physical exercise and sleep parameters can be used to improve a multimodal prehabilitation intervention in patients with advanced rectal cancer.

Faculty Supervisor:

Sender Liberman

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Partner:

Peri Operative Program

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

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