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Table 2 Attitudes toward exercise and recommending exercise for cancer patients

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

Survey item

Mean ± SD

Disagree

Neutral

Agree

N

%

N

%

N

%

Attitudes toward exercise

In my opinion exercise is beneficial during treatment.

5.9 ± 1.4

5

4.0

28

22.4

91

72.8

In my opinion exercise is important during treatment.

5.9 ± 1.3

5

4.0

32

25.6

87

69.6

In my opinion exercise is safe during treatment.

5.1 ± 1.3

3

2.4

71

56.3

49

39.2

Most patients believe they should exercise during cancer treatment.

5.38 ± 1.41

5

4.0

51

40.8

69

55.2

Most fellow oncologists think patients should exercise during cancer treatment.

4.8 ± 1.4

10

8.0

76

60.8

39

31.2

Most of my patients are capable of exercising during cancer treatment.

4.9 ± 1.5

9

7.2

67

53.6

49

39.3

Exercising during treatment for my patients is easy.

3.9 ± 1.1.4

10

15.2

91

72.8

15

12.0

Attitudes toward recommending exercise

Providing an exercise recommendation would be well received.

5.1 ± 1.2

3

1.8

96

57.5

68

40.7

If I provided a recommendation, patients would follow my advice.

4.9 ± 1.1

3

1.8

115

68.9

49

29.3

My fellow oncologists think I should recommend exercise.

5.6 ± 1.3

6

3.6

61

36.5

100

59.9

My patients think I should recommend exercise.

5.1 ± 1.4

8

4.8

91

54.5

68

40.7

Whether I recommend exercise is completely up to me.

4.6 ± 1.5

17

10.2

99

59.3

50

29.9

When appropriate, I try to recommend exercise.

4.6 ± 1.6

21

12.6

93

55.7

53

31.7

For me, providing a recommendation is easy.

5.1 ± 1.4

9

5.4

83

49.7

75

44.9

  

0 ~ 33%

34 ~ 67%

68 ~ 100%

What % of your patients in your opinion try to exercise during cancer treatment?

44.8 ± 20.5

47

37.6

51

40.8

19

15.2

What % of your patients in your opinion manage to exercise during cancer treatment?

33.6 ± 19.0

75

60

31

24.8

9

7.2

  1. Values given as mean ± SD for continuous variables and frequency (%) for categorical variables. All items rated on 7-point Likert scale: Disagree (responses 1–2), Neutral l (responses 3–5), Agree (responses 6–7).