Evaluación de la condición física en supervivientes globales de cáncer infantil y su impacto en la calidad de vida.

Abstract

Global childhood cancer survivors need medical follow-up for the rest of their lives due to the risk of disease-related complications even many years after they have entered remission. Objective: To determine the physical condition of global survivors of childhood cancer and its impact on quality of life. Methodology: Quantitative approach, descriptive scope and non-experimental cross-sectional design. Population sample of 82 patients aged 5 to 18 years. Results: The male sex predominates with 54.88%, the average age is 12 years, with 41.82% of patients overweight; Acute lymphoblastic leukemia with 39% is the type of cancer with the highest incidence. A slight deficit of muscular strength is shown, while in flexibility 70% of the patients fulfilled the Sit and Reach test, 47.56% passed the test under the condition of strong dyspnea. Regarding their fatigue, it was determined that the age group of 5-10 years presented 39% of interference in their activities due to fatigue and according to the percentage distribution of the days they performed activity, it is 5 days per week of moderate activity , with a high tendency to be sedentary. Conclusions: Survival in childhood cancer is another stage of continuous cancer care, where the physical state of reference has a notable impact on quality of life.