Problem 1: Read the selected clinical practice guideline.
My selected clinical practice guideline is the "Multimodal Physical Exercise and Functional Rehabilitation Program in Oncological Patients with Cancer-Related Fatigue."
- Title: Multimodal Physical Exercise and Functional Rehabilitation Program in Oncological Patients with Cancer-Related Fatigue-A Randomized Clinical Trial.
- Date of publication: March 10, 2023
- Organization or author: Eduardo J. Fernandez-Rodriguez, Celia Sanchez-Gomez, Roberto Mendez-Sanchez, Jose I. Recio-Rodriguez, A. Silvia Puente-Gonzalez, Jesus Gonzalez-Sanchez, Juan J. Cruz-Hernandez, and Maria I. Rihuete-Galve of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Purpose: To evaluate the effects of a multimodal program of physical exercise and functional rehabilitation on asthenia, pain, functional capacity, and quality of life in cancer patients with cancer-related fatigue.
- Target population: Diagnosis of an oncological disease, over 18 years of age, hospitalized in the Oncology Hospitalization Unit, score between 15 and 55 points on the Barthel Index (BI), score of 4 or more on the visual analog scale (VAS) for cancer-related asthenia, and voluntarily signed the informed consent for participation in the study.
Problem 2: What are the two major clinical recommendations?
Problem 3: Reflect your appraisal of the clinical recommendations by examining the following aspects of the clinical practice guideline:
- Did the organization or author have the expertise to produce the guideline? Explain.
- Were the recommendations based on strong evidence? Consider the levels of evidence for the references used to develop the clinical practice guideline and explain.
- What was the overall strength/grade of the evidence for appraising clinical practice guidelines?
- How will the recommendations help you to care for patients?