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Physical activity counseling during and following stem cell transplantation – patients' versus advisors' perspectives.
- Source :
- Journal of Communication in Healthcare; Jul2023, Vol. 16 Issue 2, p158-169, 12p, 4 Charts, 5 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- People receiving hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) endure long phases of therapy and immobility, which diminish their physical activity (PA) level leading to physical deconditioning. One of the reasons is a lack of clarity on the part of those who work in oncology clinical settings of their role in assessing, advising, and referring patients to exercise. Therefore, our study investigates reported physical activity counseling behavior of health care professionals (HCPs) and the patient perspective on this topic. Physicians (N = 52), nurses (N = 52) physical therapists (N = 26), and patients receiving HSCT (N = 62) participated in a nationwide cross-sectional online-survey. Patients' preferred source of information concerning PA was determined. We examined HCPs self-assessed PA counseling behavior and patients' PA recall by assessing the use of the 5As (Ask, Advice, Agree, Assist, Arrange). Analysis of survey responses was descriptive. Univariate multinomial logistic regression examined whether sociodemographic factors and patient characteristics influence the response behavior. Physicians and PA specialists were patients' preferred source of information regarding PA. A large discrepancy between HCPs' perception and the degree to which HSCT patients recall advice became apparent; profound counseling steps like making referrals were less often recalled in our patient sample. Inactive patients reported to receive less basic PA counseling by physicians. Future research should identify the requirements to increase patients' recall concerning PA counseling in the setting of HSCT. Important messages about PA need to be made more salient to those who are less active and less engaged. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- STATISTICS
PILOT projects
COUNSELING
CONFIDENCE intervals
ATTITUDES of medical personnel
CROSS-sectional method
MULTIPLE regression analysis
SELF-evaluation
MEDICAL personnel
PATIENTS' attitudes
QUALITATIVE research
EXERCISE
PSYCHOSOCIAL factors
QUESTIONNAIRES
HEALTH behavior
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
HEMATOPOIETIC stem cell transplantation
SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors
ODDS ratio
DATA analysis software
HEALTH promotion
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17538068
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Communication in Healthcare
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 164873872
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17538068.2022.2117529