Table 1.
General Exercise Intervention Beliefs and Preferences
| Women with breast should exercise (Yes) | 96.8% |
| Type of Exercise Breast Cancer Survivors Should Engage in | |
| Aerobic (Yes) | 89.2 |
| Strength training (Yes) | 77.4 |
| Yoga/Pilates (Yes) | 69.5 |
| Maximum Number of Days Willing to Exercise per Week | 5.25 |
| 2–3 | 11.2 |
| 4–5 | 49.1 |
| 6–7 | 38.4 |
| Time Willing to Exercise per Session | |
| <30 minutes | 9.7 |
| 30 to <60 minutes | 82.8 |
| >60 minutes | 6.9 |
| Preferred Exercise Location | |
| Outdoors | 36.2 |
| At Home | 25.1 |
| Health Club | 24.4 |
| No Preference | 10.8 |
| Cancer Center | 1.8 |
| Other | 1.8 |
| Preferred Structure of Exercise Sessions | |
| Flexible | 57.7 |
| Scheduled | 36.2 |
| No Preference | 6.1 |
| Exercise Session Group Preferences | |
| Combination of alone and group sessions | 57.2 |
| Alone | 27.7 |
| Group | 15.1 |
| Exercise Session Supervision Preferences | |
| Supervised by an exercise specialist initially, then unsupervised | 26.3 |
| Supervised by an exercise specialist | 25.5 |
| Completely unsupervised | 13.7 |
| Unsupervised but guided by DVDs, videos or specific instructions | 12.6 |
| Unsupervised but monitored by exercise specialist via app/website | 9.4% |
| If you were to participate in an exercise program, which would you prefer? (Check all that apply) | |
| Strength training (Yes) | 68.5 |
| Yoga/Pilates (Yes) | 58.8 |
| Moderate intensity aerobic exercise (Yes) | 57.0 |
| Light intensity aerobic exercise | 28.0 |
| Vigorous intensity aerobic exercise | 14.0 |
| Other | 3.6 |
| What specific types of exercise would you be interested in doing? (Check all that apply.) | |
| Walking | 69.5 |
| Resistance training | 68.1 |
| Yoga | 64.9 |
| Interval training | 47.3 |
| Pilates | 35.8 |
| Dance | 31.2 |
| Aerobics | 27.6 |
| Bicycling | 24.4 |
| Water activities/swimming | 20.8 |
| Barre/Ballet | 11.5 |
| Jogging/running | 10.0 |
| Other | 3.2 |
| Interest and Preferences for Remotely-delivered Exercise Counseling | |
| Interested in Remotely Delivered Exercise Counseling | 84.6 |
| Type of Remotely Delivered Counseling Interested In | |
| Interactive website | 52.5 |
| Personalized emails | 51.7 |
| Mobile app | 39.0 |
| Pre-recorded online videos | 36.4 |
| Written material | 34.7 |
| Personalized text messages (Yes) | 26.7 |
| Pre-recorded DVD or Blu-Ray (Yes) | 20.8 |
| On-line video conferencing | 14.4 |
| Telephone counseling (Yes) | 14.0 |
| Audio tape or podcast | 8.1 |
| Missing | 2.1 |
| Who Should Deliver Remote Exercise Counseling | |
| Exercise specialist affiliated with cancer center | 30.2 |
| Personal trainer | 25.8 |
| No Preference | 23.3 |
| Exercise specialist at community center/health club | 11.6 |
| Other | 9.1 |
| Structure of Exercise Counseling Sessions | |
| Combination of one-on-one and group | 49.8 |
| One-on-one | 42.0 |
| Group | 8.2 |