Physical Deconditioning in Lung Cancer Patients Who Underwent Lung Resection Surgery in Spain: A Prospective Observational Study Heredia Ciuró, Alejandro Quero Valenzuela, Florencio Martín-Núñez, Javier Calvache Mateo, Andrés Valenza Peña, Geraldine López López, Laura Valenza, Marie Carmen Lung cancer Pulmonary surgical procedures Pain Background. Lung resection represents the main curative treatment modality for lung cancer. These patients present with physical deterioration that has been studied previously using objective variables; however, no previous studies have evaluated the self-perceived physical fitness of these patients. For these reasons, to increase the current knowledge on lung cancer patients’ impairment, the aim of this study was to characterize the self-perceived physical deconditioning of lung cancer patients undergoing lung resection in the short and medium term after surgery. Methods. A longitudinal, observational, prospective cohort study was performed in the Thoracic Surgery Service of the Hospital Virgen de las Nieves (Granada). Symptoms (pain, fatigue, cough and dyspnea) and physical fitness (upper and lower limbs) were assessed before surgery, at discharge and at one month after discharge. Results. Among the total of 88 patients that we included in our study, significant differences were found at discharge in symptoms (p < 0.05) and physical fitness (p < 0.05). One month after surgery, higher levels of pain (p = 0,002) and dyspnea (p = 0.007) were observed, as well as poorer results in the upper (p = 0.023) and lower limbs’ physical fitness, with regard to the initial values. Conclusions. Patients undergoing lung resection present an increase in symptoms and physical fitness deterioration at discharge, which is maintained one month after surgery 2024-09-17T08:26:05Z 2024-09-17T08:26:05Z 2024-08-08 journal article Heredia-Ciuró, A.; Quero-Valenzuela, F.; Martín-Núñez, J.; Calvache-Mateo, A.; Valenza-Peña, G.; López-López, L.; Valenza, M.C. Physical Deconditioning in Lung Cancer Patients Who Underwent Lung Resection Surgery in Spain: A Prospective Observational Study. Cancers 2024, 16, 2790. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16162790 https://hdl.handle.net/10481/94591 10.3390/cancers16162790 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ open access Atribución 4.0 Internacional MDPI