Characteristics of attitude and recommendation of oncologists toward exercise in South Korea: a cross sectional survey study

Table 1 Demographic characteristics

Variable		No. of respondents	%	Mean ± SD
Age (years)		167		43.0 ± 8.6
Number of years in practice		167		10.5 ± 8.0
Sex	Male	111	66.5	-
Sex	Female	56	33.5	-
Specialty	Surgeon	41	24.6	-
	Medical oncology	78	46.7
	Radiation oncology	25	15.0
	Other	21	12.6
Type of cancer patients (Multiple response) No:275	Colorectal cancer	63	22.9	-
	Gastric cancer	51	18.5
	Breast cancer	47	17.0
	Lung cancer	46	16.7
	Liver cancer	27	9.8
	Other	41	14.9
How many cancers do you take care of	One cancer	91	54.5	-
	Two cancers	47	28.1
	Over 3 cancers	25	15.1
Exercise (min/week)	Mild exercise	167		80.1 ± 85.6
	Moderate exercise	167		44.1 ± 62.8
	Vigorous exercise	167		15.4 ± 48.1
	Total exercise	167		139.5 ± 120.3
	Meeting exercise guidelines	19	11.4%

Values given as mean ± SD for continuous variables and frequency (%) for categorical variables.
ACSM guidelines: At least 150 minutes of vigorous to moderate intensity physical activity per week.

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