Table 2.
Overall and sub-group-specific physical activity preferences of cancer survivors before the start of the pandemic (N = 493)
| Outcomes | Overall n (%) |
Demographic and medical subgroup preferences | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moderator | Group | n | % | Group | n | % | p | ||
| Activity preferences | |||||||||
| Walking | 428 (86.8) | Age | ≥ 49 | 218 | 88.6 | < 49 | 195 | 84.8 | 0.217 |
| Gender | Women | 306 | 88.2 | Men | 121 | 84.6 | 0.283 | ||
| College education | Yes | 366 | 88.6 | No | 62 | 77.5 | 0.007 | ||
| Physically active | Yes | 216 | 91.5 | No | 212 | 82.5 | 0.003 | ||
| Flexibility exercises | 105 (21.3) | Age | ≥ 49 | 54 | 22.0 | < 49 | 50 | 21.7 | 0.955 |
| Gender | Women | 75 | 21.6 | Men | 30 | 21.0 | 0.876 | ||
| College education | Yes | 87 | 21.1 | No | 18 | 22.5 | 0.774 | ||
| Physically active | Yes | 62 | 26.3 | No | 43 | 16.7 | 0.010 | ||
| Cycling | 102 (20.7) | Age | ≥ 49 | 43 | 17.5 | < 49 | 56 | 24.3 | 0.065 |
| Gender | Women | 60 | 17.3 | Men | 41 | 28.7 | 0.005 | ||
| College education | Yes | 84 | 20.3 | No | 18 | 22.5 | 0.662 | ||
| Physically active | Yes | 69 | 29.2 | No | 33 | 12.8 | < 0.001 | ||
| Resistance training | 98 (19.9) | Age | ≥ 49 | 45 | 18.3 | < 49 | 50 | 21.7 | 0.347 |
| Gender | Women | 71 | 20.5 | Men | 27 | 18.9 | 0.691 | ||
| College education | Yes | 88 | 21.3 | No | 10 | 12.5 | 0.071 | ||
| Physically active | Yes | 69 | 29.2 | No | 29 | 11.3 | < 0.001 | ||
| Swimming | 92 (18.7) | Age | ≥ 49 | 50 | 20.3 | < 49 | 39 | 17.0 | 0.346 |
| Gender | Women | 67 | 19.3 | Men | 23 | 16.1 | 0.402 | ||
| College education | Yes | 75 | 18.2 | No | 17 | 21.3 | 0.516 | ||
| Physically active | Yes | 55 | 23.3 | No | 37 | 14.4 | 0.011 | ||
| Yoga | 86 (17.4) | Age | ≥ 49 | 31 | 12.6 | < 49 | 54 | 23.5 | 0.002 |
| Gender | Women | 79 | 22.8 | Men | 7 | 4.9 | < 0.001 | ||
| College education | Yes | 77 | 18.6 | No | 9 | 11.3 | 0.111 | ||
| Physically active | Yes | 52 | 22.0 | No | 34 | 13.2 | 0.010 | ||
| Running | 84 (17.0) | Age | ≥ 49 | 27 | 11.0 | < 49 | 57 | 24.8 | < 0.001 |
| Gender | Women | 49 | 14.1 | Men | 35 | 24.5 | 0.006 | ||
| College education | Yes | 66 | 16.0 | No | 18 | 22.5 | 0.156 | ||
| Physically active | Yes | 60 | 25.4 | No | 24 | 9.3 | < 0.001 | ||
| Exercise classes | 77 (15.6) | Age | ≥ 49 | 36 | 14.6 | < 49 | 40 | 17.4 | 0.412 |
| Gender | Women | 68 | 19.6 | Men | 9 | 6.3 | < 0.001 | ||
| College education | Yes | 70 | 16.9 | No | 7 | 8.8 | 0.064 | ||
| Physically active | Yes | 53 | 22.5 | No | 24 | 9.3 | < 0.001 | ||
| Playing sports | 53 (10.8) | Age | ≥ 49 | 25 | 10.2 | < 49 | 27 | 11.7 | 0.582 |
| Gender | Women | 24 | 6.9 | Men | 29 | 20.3 | < 0.001 | ||
| College education | Yes | 44 | 10.7 | No | 9 | 11.3 | 0.875 | ||
| Physically active | Yes | 31 | 13.1 | No | 22 | 8.6 | 0.101 | ||
| Location preferences | |||||||||
| At home | 136 (27.6) | Age | ≥ 49 | 62 | 25.2 | < 49 | 73 | 31.7 | 0.114 |
| Gender | Women | 96 | 27.7 | Men | 39 | 27.3 | 0.929 | ||
| College education | Yes | 111 | 26.9 | No | 25 | 31.3 | 0.423 | ||
| Physically active | Yes | 58 | 24.6 | No | 78 | 30.4 | 0.152 | ||
| Outdoors | 131 (26.6) | Age | ≥ 49 | 79 | 32.1 | < 49 | 49 | 21.3 | 0.008 |
| Gender | Women | 98 | 28.2 | Men | 33 | 23.1 | 0.240 | ||
| College education | Yes | 118 | 28.6 | No | 13 | 16.3 | 0.022 | ||
| Physically active | Yes | 71 | 30.1 | No | 60 | 23.3 | 0.091 | ||
| Gym | 69 (14.0) | Age | ≥ 49 | 26 | 10.6 | < 49 | 39 | 17.0 | 0.043 |
| Gender | Women | 48 | 13.8 | Men | 20 | 14.0 | 0.964 | ||
| College education | Yes | 61 | 14.8 | No | 8 | 10.0 | 0.260 | ||
| Physically active | Yes | 35 | 14.8 | No | 34 | 13.2 | 0.609 | ||
| Preferences for company | |||||||||
| Alone | 227 (46.0) | Age | ≥ 49 | 108 | 43.9 | < 49 | 113 | 49.1 | 0.286 |
| Gender | Women | 161 | 46.4 | Men | 65 | 45.5 | 0.836 | ||
| College education | Yes | 201 | 48.7 | No | 26 | 32.5 | 0.015 | ||
| Physically active | Yes | 105 | 44.5 | No | 122 | 47.5 | 0.409 | ||
| With a spouse | 60 (12.2) | Age | ≥ 49 | 39 | 15.9 | < 49 | 21 | 9.1 | 0.025 |
| Gender | Women | 38 | 11.0 | Men | 22 | 15.4 | 0.175 | ||
| College education | Yes | 47 | 11.4 | No | 13 | 16.3 | 0.179 | ||
| Physically active | Yes | 27 | 11.4 | No | 33 | 12.8 | 0.589 | ||
| With a friend | 52 (10.5) | Age | ≥ 49 | 28 | 11.4 | < 49 | 19 | 8.3 | 0.242 |
| Gender | Women | 38 | 11.0 | Men | 13 | 9.1 | 0.536 | ||
| College education | Yes | 47 | 11.4 | No | 5 | 6.3 | 0.199 | ||
| Physically active | Yes | 24 | 10.2 | No | 28 | 10.9 | 0.748 | ||