Table 2. Participant satisfaction with the exercise intervention (n = 9, one participant did not respond).
| Participant response, n = 9 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statement/Question | ||||||
| Did you get enough information on the study? | Yes: 9 | No: 0 | ||||
| Strongly disagree | Disagree | Agree | Strongly agree | Do not know | ||
| Did you get enough information from the instructor? | 9 | |||||
| Was the content of the supervised exercise relevant? | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Was the content of self-administered exercise relevant? | 2 | 7 | ||||
| I would have preferred to have a longer preoperative intervention period than currently possible: | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
| I was able to push myself during the exercise: | 6 | 3 | ||||
| The intervention felt safe: | 2 | 7 | ||||
| It was motivating to exercise at/nearby my home: | 1 | 8 | ||||
| It was comfortable to exercise at/nearby my home: | 2 | 7 | ||||
| I would rather exercise at an out-patient clinic: | 7 | 1 | 1 | |||
| I found it meaningful to exercise before my surgery: | 4 | 5 | ||||
| I felt better prepared physically for my surgical treatment after the intervention: | 5 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Too low | Satisfactory | Too high | ||||
| The level of inspiratory muscle training was: | 9 | |||||
| The level of aerobic endurance training was: | 9 | |||||
| The level of functional strength training was: | 9 | |||||
| The level of the self-administered training was: | 8 | 1 | ||||
| Support from next of kin | Yes: 7 | No: 1 | N/A: 1 | |||
| Overall satisfaction with participating in the study: |
“It was interesting to get exercise help from a specialist. It made me feel as I was being taken care of, and thus I have exercised more to show that I can.” “I live alone and have no relatives, so the social contact with the physiotherapist was invaluable in addition to the meaningful exercise.” “I’m feeling much stronger, like I gained muscles, and I got to work with my breathing at the highest level. Also, I can walk down stairs, which I was bad at before.” “It was positive to challenge myself and get a little breathless. It was interesting to be able to participate, and that I got help to improve my fitness. A very good coach/instructor.” “It was good/very good.” a “Meaningful. Unfortunately I was not able to complete the full program; however, I am happy that the surgery happened so soon.” b |
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| Suggestions for change? |
“If ethically allowed, I would like a longer exercise period i.e. further postponement of surgery.” “A longer exercise period would hopefully give even better results.” “Higher sound volume on the inspiratory muscle trainer.” |
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Abbreviations: N/A = Not applicable
a Comment from three participants
b Earlier surgical date due to anemia.