Exploring the practicality and acceptability a brief exercise communication and clinician referral pathway in cancer care: a feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The majority of cancer patients and cancer care clinicians-CCCs (e.g., oncologists) believe that exercise is an important adjunct therapy that should be embedded in standard practice. Yet, CCCs do not routinely discuss exercise with their patients, nor do they regularly refer them to exercise professionals (e.g., exercise physiologists-EPs). This study evaluated the feasibility and acceptability of an evidence-based approach to improving exercise communication between CCCs and their patients, including an exercise referral pathway.

Methods

Implementation and testing of the Exercise Communication and Referral Pathway (ECRP) occurred in Sydney, Australia. The ECRP included a brief oncology-initiated communication exchange with patients, CCC exercise referral to an E

SUBMITTER: Caperchione CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10517509 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature