Revivo oncological rehabilitation

What is it?

A cancer diagnosis often involves invasive treatment (surgery, chemotherapy, radiation treatment, immunotherapy or antihormonal therapy). After treatment, many people experience psycho-social and/or physical problems such as stress, anxiety, sexual problems, ongoing fatigue, painful joints, reduced condition...often with consequences for their quality of life and psychological well-being.

Studies show that physical activity can alleviate ongoing fatigue, improve physical fitness and improve psychological well-being.

Test procedure

With the REVIVO Programme, we want to help you improve your quality of life and physical fitness. The rehabilitation programme consists of physical training combined with psychosocial support (info sessions or individual). We ask participants to engage and participate in all exercise sessions.

Physical training

Physical training has the following goal:

Improve condition of physical fitness by working on stamina and strength training
Reduce fatigue symptoms
Cope with limitations (e.g. lymph oedema)
Develop and maintain an active lifestyle

Psychosocial support

Psychosocial support consists of several informational sessions given by a specialised speaker. At the information sessions, we hope to provide concrete information and tips regarding topics that have to do with cancer treatment. Participation in the informational sessions is strongly recommended, but is voluntary. In addition, each participant also has the option of having an introductory session with a psychologist who works with the rehabilitation team.

Informational video

Learn more about the REVIVO Programme in this video.

Register

Talk to your attending physician about whether participation in REVIVO is right for you. After receiving approval from the attending physician, secretariat staff can help you schedule an inake appointment with the rehabilitation physician. It is possible to join in the programme at any time during the year.

The programme is open to patients of both Maria Middelares General Hospital and St Vincent General Hospital in Deinze.

Rehabilitation Centre secretariat

Tel. +32 (0)9 246 85 00

The secretariat can be reached by phone:

Monday to Thursday 8am to 12pm and 1.30pm to 5.30pm
Friday from 8am to 12 noon and 1.30 to 4.30pm

After the intake with the rehabilitation physician, a fitness test (e.g. a six-minute walking test) and intake with the physiotherapist will be scheduled. The goal of the fitness test is to determine your overall condition. There is also a non-binding option to meet with a psychologist.

Register for information sessions

The information sessions will take place at Maria Middelares General Hospital in the HR room:

Go through gate A to the third floor.
When you exit the lift or the stairway, turn left.
You will go through the glass swinging doors and past the toilets.
The HR room is on the left side.

Registration is mandatory and can be done using the button below.

Leaflet

In the leaflet below, you can find all sorts of practical information, including how the physical sessions work and the topics discussed during psycho-social support.

Only available in Dutch: