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Exercise and psychosocial interventions to improve quality of life in patients with
cancer
Kalter, J.
2018
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Kalter, J. (2018). Exercise and psychosocial interventions to improve quality of life in patients with cancer: Secondary and individual patient data analyses evaluating intervention moderators and mediators.
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Table of contents
Chapter 1 General introduction 7 Chapter 2 Moderators of the effects of group-based physical exercise 23
on cancer survivors’ quality of life
Chapter 3 Mediators of exercise on health-related quality of life in 47
cancer survivors after chemotherapy
Chapter 4 Predicting OptimaL cAncer RehabIlitation and 69
Supportive care (POLARIS); rationale and design for meta-analyses of individual patient data of randomized controlled trials evaluating the effect of exercise and psychosocial interventions on health-related quality of life in cancer survivors
Chapter 5 Development and use of a flexible data harmonization 91
platform to facilitate the harmonization of individual patient data for meta-analyses
Chapter 6 Effects and moderators of exercise on quality of life and 115
physical function in patients with cancer: an individual patient data meta-analysis of 34 randomized controlled trials
Chapter 7 Effects and moderators of psychosocial interventions on 151
quality of life, and emotional and social function in patients with cancer: an individual patient data meta-analysis of 22 randomized controlled trials
Chapter 8 General discussion 191
English summary 227
Nederlandse samenvatting 235
List of publications 243
Dankwoord 247
About the author 251
