TY  - JOUR
AU  - Tsiouris, Angeliki
AU  - Ungar, Nadine
AU  - Haussmann, Alexander
AU  - Sieverding, Monika
AU  - Steindorf, Karen
AU  - Wiskemann, Joachim
TI  - Health Care Professionals' Perception of Contraindications for Physical Activity During Cancer Treatment.
JO  - Frontiers in oncology
VL  - 8
SN  - 2234-943X
CY  - Lausanne
PB  - Frontiers Media
M1  - DKFZ-2018-00509
SP  - 98
PY  - 2018
AB  - Suggested medical contraindications for physical activity (PA) during cancer therapy might have an influence on PA recommendation behavior of Health Care Professionals (HCP). The purpose of the present study was to examine perceptions of physicians and oncology nurses (ON) toward specific medical conditions as contraindications for PA during cancer treatment.A total of 539 physicians and 386 ON were enrolled in this cross-sectional survey. HCP judged 13 medical conditions as to whether they are contraindications for PA during cancer treatment. Answering format was 'no contraindication'/'potentially a contraindication'/'yes, a contraindication.'χ2 analyses revealed significant differences between general practitioners, specialized physicians, and ON in their perception of 10 medical conditions. Approximately half of the medical conditions were answered cautiously, showing high numbers on the response option potentially (36-72
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:29670858
C2  - pmc:PMC5894008
DO  - DOI:10.3389/fonc.2018.00098
UR  - https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/132866
ER  -