Themes | Sub-themes | |
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Supervised exercise arm | Motivation | • Social exercise as mechanism for motivating patients • Counselling critical for inactive patientsa • Motivating patients requires sophisticated communication skills |
Social support | • Flexible, individualised support according to prior motivation and exercise levels • Understanding patient capacity | |
Interruptions | • Chemotherapy • Post-operative complications • Inability to use bike seat | |
Constraints within CRC care context | • Lead-in time to surgery limiting pre-operative exercise • Limited staff capacity • Limited space and availability of exercise bikes | |
Home-based exercise | Social support | • Regular contact on phone • Supportive, ongoing relationships as motivational • Advice on restarting exercise post-operatively • Unwanted pressure to increase activity • Difficult for HCPs to monitor progress |
Increased activity at home | • Higher intensity of current activities • Taking up new activities |