Table 4. Initial supervision to the interventions and strategies to increase cancer survivors’ assimilation of self-management in their routine.

Help to implement self-management into the daily routine	Number of interventions (n = 65)
Initial supervision
Single initial consultation	21
Frequent contacts during the initial period a	3
Intensive training during the initial period b	20
Not performed	21
Strategies adopted during self-management
Periodic calls	30
Regular meetings	6
Sporadic supervised sessions	3
None	26

^a Frequent contact during the initial period included studies where authors repeatedly checked for patients’ adherence and comfort after the prescribed exercises via weekly in-person meetings, phone calls and emails.

^b Intensive training during the initial period involved studies in which authors provided a supervised period at the beginning of the program in order to educate patients and improve their long-term adherence.