Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of demographic and professional information.
| Physicians (N = 539) |
Oncology nurses (N = 386) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Frequency (%) or M ± SD | Frequency (%) or M ± SD | |
| Demographic and professional information | ||
| Age | 46.1 ± 11.4 | 39.5 ± 10.4 |
| <45 years | 228 (42%) | 247 (64%) |
| ≥45 years | 311 (58%) | 139 (36%) |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 283 (53%) | 68 (18%) |
| Female | 255 (47%) | 311 (82%) |
| Medical specialization | ||
| General practitioners | 159 (30%) | – |
| Medical oncologists | 63(12%) | – |
| Radiation oncologists | 62 (11%) | – |
| Gastroenterologists | 46 (9%) | – |
| Urologists | 65 (12%) | – |
| Gynecologists | 76 (14%) | – |
| Surgeons | 50 (9%) | – |
| Other medical specialties | 18 (3%) | – |
| Number of years in practice | 17.5 ± 11.0 | 19.3 ± 10.5 |
| <15 years | 216 (40%) | 153 (40%) |
| ≥15 years | 323 (60%) | 233 (60%) |
| Patients- and treatment-related characteristics | ||
| Number of patients seen/month | 60.1 ± 79.7 | 82.4 ± 107.0 |
| General practitioners | 22.3 ± 27.1 | – |
| Medical specialists | 75.7 ± 88.6 | – |
| Primarily treated tumor typesa | ||
| Breast | 349 (65%) | 209 (54%) |
| Prostate | 327 (61%) | 199 (52%) |
| Colorectal | 371 (69%) | 246 (64%) |
| Other | 235 (44%) | 194 (50%) |
| Treatment typesa | ||
| Chemotherapy | 415 (77%) | 305 (79%) |
| Radiation | 321 (60%) | 226 (59%) |
| Surgery | 410 (76%) | 213 (55%) |
| Aftercare | 399 (74%) | 151 (39%) |
| Others | 95 (18%) | 63 (16%) |
| PA recommendation practice | ||
| Advising against PA | 2 (0%) | 1 (0%) |
| Never/rarely recommend PA | 10 (2%) | 27 (7%) |
| Sometimes recommend PA (10–50%) | 73 (14%) | 76 (20%) |
| Often recommend PA (50–90%) | 190 (35%) | 156 (40%) |
| Recommend PA on most/every visit (>90%) | 263 (49%) | 125 (32%) |
aMultiple responses are possible.
Numbers may not sum up to N = 539 or N = 386 for physicians or oncology nurses due to missing values.
M, mean; PA, physical activity.