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Physical activity for people living with cancer: Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of general practitioners in Australia

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  • Georgina Alderman
  • Richard Keegan
  • Stuart Semple
  • Kellie Toohey

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Background: Healthcare professionals’ (Oncologists, doctors, and nurses) physical activity (PA) recommendations impact patients living with cancer PA levels. General practitioners (GPs) monitor the overall health of patients living with cancer throughout their treatment journey. This is the first study to explore GP’s knowledge, attitudes and practices of PA for patients living with cancer. Methods: GPs who see patients living with cancer regularly (n = 111) completed a survey based on The Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB). Participants (GP’s) reported knowledge, attitudes, perceived behaviour control and subjective norms of PA within the cancer population. GP recommendation and referral rates of PA were reported. Principal component analysis was conducted to establish a set of survey items aligned to TPB constructs (attitude, subjective norms, perceived control), and multiple regression analyses characterised associations between these predictor variables and (a) recommendation; and (b) referral–of PA to cancer patients. Results: GPs (n = 111) recommended PA to 41–60% of their patients and referred 1–20% to PA programs. Multiple regression models significantly predicted the percent of patients recommended PA, p

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  • Georgina Alderman & Richard Keegan & Stuart Semple & Kellie Toohey, 2020. "Physical activity for people living with cancer: Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of general practitioners in Australia," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(11), pages 1-16, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0241668
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241668
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