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. 2023 Jun 5;31(7):374. doi: 10.1007/s00520-023-07813-4

Table 3.

Overall and sub-group-specific physical activity preferences of cancer survivors since the start of the pandemic (N = 493)

Type of activity Overall
n (%)
Demographic and medical subgroup preferences
Moderator Group n % Group n % p
Walking 407 (82.6) Age  ≥ 49 209 85.0  < 49 183 79.6 0.123
Gender Women 291 83.9 Men 113 79.0 0.200
Physically active Yes 181 90.5 No 226 77.1  < 0.001
Cycling 94 (19.1) Age  ≥ 49 43 17.5  < 49 47 20.4 0.411
Gender Women 61 17.6 Men 32 22.4 0.218
Physically active Yes 59 29.5 No 35 11.9  < 0.001
Flexibility exercises 89 (18.1) Age  ≥ 49 46 18.7  < 49 42 18.3 0.902
Gender Women 58 16.7 Men 31 21.7 0.195
Physically active Yes 47 23.5 No 42 14.3 0.009
Running 77 (15.6) Age  ≥ 49 28 11.4  < 49 48 20.9 0.005
Gender Women 43 12.4 Men 34 23.8 0.002
Physically active Yes 53 26.5 No 24 8.2  < 0.001
Yoga 76 (15.4) Age  ≥ 49 22 8.9  < 49 54 23.5  < 0.001
Gender Women 73 21.0 Men 3 2.1  < 0.001
Physically active Yes 38 19.0 No 38 13.0 0.069
Resistance training 71 (14.4) Age  ≥ 49 34 13.8  < 49 36 15.7 0.573
Gender Women 49 14.1 Men 22 15.4 0.718
Physically active Yes 41 20.5 No 30 10.2 0.001
Bed/chair exercises 50 (10.1) Age  ≥ 49 25 10.2  < 49 23 10.0 0.953
Gender Women 38 11.0 Men 12 8.4 0.395
Physically active Yes 17 8.5 No 33 11.3 0.318