Perioperative medicine & outcomes
Feasibility and outcomes of a real-world regional lung cancer prehabilitation programme in the UK
Authors' conclusion
The P4C programme demonstrated feasibility at scale, high uptake, and promising impact on the status of patients with lung cancer before surgery.
Study context
- Population
- Patients planning surgical resection for lung cancer, referred from all 11 hospitals in Greater Manchester, UKreferred
- Participants
- 377 patients
- Outcome
- Programme feasibility, uptake, and outcomes
Methodological detailscohort study, real-world, regional programme, single-group
- Cohort study
- Real-world
- Regional programme
- Single-group
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Feasibility and uptake
| Group | Value | Attended initial assessment, of patients reached by telephone (n=348) | Days from referral to initial assessment (median, IQR 4-14) | Attended baseline assessment (280/377) | Completed prehabilitation (180/377) | Sessions attended (median, IQR 4-9) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prehab4Cancer (P4C) | 80.0% | 80.0% | 8 | 74.3% | 47.7% | six |
Prehab4Cancer (P4C)
Value80.0%
Attended initial assessment, of patients reached by telephone (n=348)80.0%
Days from referral to initial assessment (median, IQR 4-14)8
Attended baseline assessment (280/377)74.3%
Completed prehabilitation (180/377)47.7%
Sessions attended (median, IQR 4-9)six
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Incremental shuttle walk test, preoperative change · preoperatively
- Mean increase in incremental shuttle walk test (m)
- 50 m (95% CI: 25-74; P<0.001)
Objective physiological and subjective functional assessments · preoperatively
- Statistically significant improvements in all objective physiological and subjective functional assessments
Original publication
Feasibility and outcomes of a real-world regional lung cancer prehabilitation programme in the UK. Br J Anaesth. Published 13 July 2022. doi:10.
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