Table 2.

Preferences in patient with cancer for exercise, nutrition, and psychological aspect¹

Preference as expressed by answers to questions	Exercise		Nutrition		Psychology
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Who would you prefer to receive instructions from?	(n = 304)		(n = 312)		(n = 305)
Oncologist	125	41	112	36	102	33
Nurse	2	1	1	0	2	1
Kinesiologist	145	48	4	1	6	2
Nutritionist	14	5	191	61	2	1
Psychologist	2	1	3	1	186	61
Another patient cancer	0	0	0	0	0	0
No preference	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other	16	5	1	0	7	2
How would you prefer to receive instructions?	(n = 300)		(n = 305)		(n = 301)
Face to face	197	66	209	69	218	72
Television	8	3	7	2	6	2
Radio	1	0	1	0	1	0
Leaflet/pamphlet	23	8	18	6	13	4
Over the internet	60	20	61	20	51	17
No preference	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other	11	4	9	3	12	4
Where would you prefer to receive instructions?	(n = 310)		(n = 306)		(n = 306)
At the hospital	240	78	271	87	264	88
At a center outside the hospital	57	19	33	11	35	11
Other	9	3	6	2	7	2
When would you prefer to receive instructions?	(n = 300)		(n = 294)		(n = 292)
Before treatment	85	29	89	30	74	25
During treatment	130	44	142	47	148	51
After treatment	34	12	26	9	27	9
Other	45	15	43	14	43	15

¹Participants of survey study conducted in Verona, Italy, from February 2020 to May 2021