TABLE IV.
Socioeconomic factors associated with perceptions and barriers to physical activity (PA) among cancer survivors
| Factor | Comparator | Perception: “What effect does PA have ...” | Potential barriers: “It is difficult to spend more time performing PA ...” | |||||||||||||
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| On fatigue [no effect or worsens (n=263) vs. lessens (n=830)] | On quality of life [no effect or worsens (n=102) vs. improves (n=1030)] | On 5-year survival [no effect or worsens (n=124) vs. improves (n=971)] | Because of uncertainty about what to do [yes (n=104) vs. no (n=991)] | Because of lack of access to gym or equipment [yes (n=224) vs. no (n=873)] | ||||||||||||
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| OR | 95% CI | p Value a | OR | 95% CI | p Valuea | OR | 95% CI | p Valuea | OR | 95% CI | p Valuea | OR | 95% CI | p Valuea | ||
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| Professional/Masters/PhD | Reference | 0.0001 | Reference | 0.0001 | Reference | 0.11 | Reference | 0.006 | Reference | 0.92 | ||||||
| University or college | 1.55 | 1.0 to 2.4 | 1.33 | 0.7 to 2.7 | 0.96 | 0.6 to 1.7 | 1.18 | 0.7 to 2.2 | 0.95 | 0.6 to 1.4 | ||||||
| High school | 1.77 | 1.1 to 2.8 | 2.55 | 1.3 to 5.1 | 1.29 | 0.7 to 2.2 | 0.95 | 0.5 to 1.8 | 1.07 | 0.7 to 1.6 | ||||||
| <High school | 3.98 | 2.2 to 7.3 | 4.75 | 2.1 to 11 | 2.10 | 1.0 to 4.5 | 3.02 | 1.4 to 6.4 | 0.93 | 0.5 to 1.8 | ||||||
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| High | Reference | <0.0001 | Reference | <0.0001 | Reference | 0.03 | Reference | 0.40 | Reference | 0.29 | ||||||
| Moderate | 1.45 | 0.9 to 2.2 | 2.63 | 1.1 to 6.0 | 0.86 | 0.5 to 1.6 | 1.56 | 0.9 to 2.8 | 0.95 | 0.6 to 1.5 | ||||||
| Low | 2.48 | 1.7 to 3.7 | 5.32 | 2.5 to 9.8 | 1.81 | 1.1 to 3.0 | 1.58 | 0.9 to 2.9 | 1.38 | 0.9 to 2.1 | ||||||
| Prefer not to answer | 1.81 | 1.2 to 2.7 | 4.58 | 2.2 to 9.8 | 1.47 | 0.9 to 2.5 | 1.33 | 0.7 to 2.4 | 1.18 | 0.8 to 1.8 | ||||||
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| Professionals | Reference | 0.002 | Reference | <0.0001 | Reference | 0.16 | Reference | 0.59 | Reference | 0.79 | ||||||
| Managers | 1.03 | 0.6 to 1.7 | 1.17 | 0.5 to 2.8 | 0.67 | 0.3 to 1.5 | 0.85 | 0.4 to 1.8 | 0.78 | 0.5 to 1.3 | ||||||
| Technicians | 1.84 | 1.2 to 2.7 | 2.21 | 1.2 to 4.2 | 1.23 | 0.7 to 2.1 | 0.93 | 0.5 to 1.7 | 0.91 | 0.6 to 1.4 | ||||||
| Service and sales | 1.83 | 1.2 to 2.9 | 2.42 | 1.2 to 4.8 | 1.49 | 0.8 to 2.7 | 1.60 | 0.9 to 2.9 | 1.23 | 0.8 to 2.0 | ||||||
| Manual occupations | 2.17 | 1.4 to 3.4 | 4.44 | 2.4 to 8.3 | 1.76 | 1.0 to 3.2 | 1.16 | 0.6 to 2.3 | 1.05 | 0.6 to 1.7 | ||||||
| Not classified | 1.24 | 0.7 to 2.2 | 1.10 | 0.4 to 3.0 | 0.77 | 0.3 to 1.8 | 1.30 | 0.6 to 2.7 | 1.05 | 0.6 to 1.8 | ||||||
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Significant values shown in boldface type.