Table 1.
Cancer survivors reported Physical Activity Barriers After Cancer scale
| Response (N=662) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Many cancer survivors experience challenges to staying physically active. How much do you agree that you experience the following challenges? | Strongly Disagree | Disagree | Agree | Strongly Agree | Endorsing* |
| No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | |
| Not enough time/too busy | 127 (20.6) | 311 (50.3) | 152 (24.6) | 28 (4.5) | 180 (29.1) |
| Difficulty getting motivated | 40 (6.4) | 165 (26.4) | 346 (55.4) | 74 (11.8) | 420 (67.2) |
| Difficulty remaining disciplined | 40 (6.4) | 177 (28.4) | 345 (55.3) | 62 (9.9) | 407 (65.2) |
| Lack of safe environment to exercise | 185 (30.0) | 367 (59.5) | 55 (8.9) | 10 (1.6) | 65 (10.5) |
| Lack of financial resources to exercise | 180 (28.9) | 317 (51.0) | 106 (17.0) | 19 (3.1) | 125 (20.1) |
| Nausea | 184 (29.7) | 219 (35.3) | 177 (28.5) | 40 (6.5) | 217 (35.0) |
| Fatigue | 50 (8.0) | 90 (14.4) | 317 (50.8) | 167 (26.8) | 484 (77.6) |
| Pain | 56 (9.0) | 124 (20.0) | 323 (52.0) | 118 (19.0) | 441 (71.0)) |
| Sadness | 165 (26.8) | 254 (41.3) | 162 (26.3) | 34 (5.5) | 196 (31.8) |
| Treatment side effects | 124 (25.7) | 114 (23.6) | 173 (35.8) | 72 (14.9) | 245 (50.7) |
| Surgical complications | 217 (39.1) | 220 (39.6) | 89 (16.0) | 29 (5.2) | 118 (21.2) |
| My doctor told me not to exercise | 311 (52.4) | 244 (41.1) | 25 (4.2) | 13 (2.2) | 38 (6.4) |
*
Responses of “agree” and “strongly agree” were considered endorsing the statement.
Due to missing data, some variables do not add up to 662.