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Frailty is highly prevalent in gastrointestinal cancer patients due to decreased food intake and gastrointestinal symptoms. Frailty is associated with postoperative complications, emergency room visits, and mortality, making preoperative screening important. Gastrointestinal cancer patients also have a high prevalence of postoperative psychiatric disorders due to postoperative complications, poor prognosis, and negative body image. Since psychiatric symptoms affect activities of daily living and quality of life, rehabilitation plays a significant role in treatment. Rehabilitation for gastrointestinal cancer patients is aimed at prevention of postoperative complications and improvement of physical function, and in recent years, pre-rehabilitation has been the focus of attention. The effects of exercise on mental health have been reported in several studies, and exercise is a low-cost and safe method for improving mental health. Finally, we discuss the association between social frailty and mental health, which is the topic of our research.
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Okumura, M., Ono, R. (2022). Frailty and Mental Health in Older Patients with Gastrointestinal Cancer. In: Morishita, S., Inoue, J., Nakano, J. (eds) Physical Therapy and Research in Patients with Cancer. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6710-8_19
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