Table 2.

Response frequencies (in percent) of Health Care Professionals on medical conditions.

“Do the below defined medical conditions represent a contraindication for physical activity in cancer patients?”	General practitioners (GP)			Specialized physicians (SP)			Oncology nurses (ON)			Statistical tests of group differences
	N = 158–159			N = 376–380			N = 380–386
	No (%)	Pot. (%)	Yes (%)	No (%)	Pot. (%)	Yes (%)	No (%)	Pot. (%)	Yes (%)	χ2	p-Value	Effect size (C)a	Sign. group differences betweenb
Agreement between groups and certainty in how to rate medical condition
Port	93	4	3	96	3	1	94	4	2	4.74	0.32	0.07	–
Ostomy	88	10	2	90	9	1	86	12	2	5.31	0.26	0.08	–
Acute infection	1	19	80	2	24	74	4	22	74	7.73	0.10	0.09	–
Low disagreement between groups in how to rate medical condition
Ongoing radiation	62	32	6	73	24	3	69	25	6	9.52	0.049	0.10	GP–SP
Incomplete wound-healing	17	72	11	11	70	19	14	61	25	15.88	0.003	0.13	GP–SP, GP–ON
Leukopenia	31	55	14	33	48	19	25	46	29	21.46	<0.001	0.15	GP–ON, SP–ON
Palliative situation	69	25	6	78	21	1	64	28	8	28.57	<0.001	0.17	SP–ON
Ongoing chemotherapy	46	49	5	65	27	8	67	27	6	29.15	<0.001	0.18	GP–SP, GP–ON
Cachexia	28	60	12	48	44	8	56	38	6	36.81	<0.001	0.20	GP–SP, GP–ON
Increasing pain during exercise	11	61	28	8	60	32	4	47	49	38.69	<0.001	0.20	GP–ON, SP–ON
Medium disagreement between groups in how to rate medical condition
No medical exercise preparticipation check	88	12	0	84	14	2	59	36	5	82.55	<0.001	0.29	GP–ON, SP–ON
Platelet count of 50,000/μl	45	43	12	52	36	12	20	52	28	97.41	<0.001	0.31	GP–ON, SP–ON
Vertebral bone metastases	16	72	12	23	67	10	4	55	41	141.65	<0.001	0.37	GP–ON, SP–ON

^aContingency coefficients (C) of 0.10, 0.30, and 0.50 represent small, medium, and large degrees of association [according to Cohen (26)].

^bBased on Fisher’s Exact test. All group differences (N = 18) are significant at p < 0.05; N = 15 group differences are significant at p < 0.001.

Pot., potentially.