Table IV.
Percentage of Study Participants Citing Reasons for their Program of Choice
| Dragon Boat Participants (n=73) % | Walking Participants (n=60) % | ||
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| A. Most Common Reasons for Choosing Program a | |||
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| Learn a new skill/activity | 27 | Enjoy walking | 25 |
| Dragon Boating is fun and exciting | 23 | Need an exercise routine | 15 |
| Dragon Boating is outside on the water | 22 | Health benefits/fitness | 12 |
| Like paddling/boating sports | 16 | Able to walk | 10 |
| Need an exercise routine | 12 | Scheduling | 8 |
| Meet other survivors/social interaction | 12 | Injury/chronic conditions prohibit paddling | 3 |
| Increase upper body/core strength | 10 | Wanted to lose weight | 3 |
| Dragon Boating is a team sport | 10 | Walking easier than Dragon Boating | 3 |
| Wanted to Dragon Boat | 8 | Can maintain walking after program | 3 |
| Health benefits/fitness | 8 | Regain strength after cancer | 3 |
| Already walk | 7 | ||
| Dragon Boating seems challenging | 5 | ||
| Regain strength after cancer | 4 | ||
| Scheduling | 3 | ||
| Wanted to overcome fear of water | 3 | ||
| Wanted to lose weight | 3 | ||
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| B. Most Common Reasons for Not Choosing Alternate Program a | |||
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| Already walk | 27 | Not comfortable around water | 20 |
| Don't need to join group to walk | 21 | Injury/chronic conditions prohibit paddling | 18 |
| Wanted to try something new | 15 | Scheduling | 12 |
| Injury/chronic conditions prohibit walking | 12 | Not strong enough to paddle | 10 |
| Walking is boring | 12 | Unable to swim | 8 |
| Scheduling | 8 | Don't like to paddle | 5 |
| Paddling more fun than walking | 7 | Too hot/too cold to Dragon Boat | 3 |
| Wanted a challenge | 3 | Dragon Boating is too group-oriented | 3 |
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Consented participants allowed to select multiple reasons why they chose/did not choose each program only responses noted 2+ times included in table.