Planning and evaluating an integrated clinical exercise oncology service: an exploratory mixed-methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This project aimed to design and evaluate the potential to integrate an exercise oncology service into clinical care in a local healthcare system. The goal was to inform the design of an implementation strategy to promote its sustainable use in standard care.

Methods

This two-phase, exploratory study used a mixed-methods approach. First, qualitative measures were used to understand the context for exercise integration into oncology care by clinicians and administrators in the healthcare system. Next, the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, Maintenance (RE-AIM) framework guided a comprehensive evaluation of the exercise service. Reach and Adoption were measured via number of patients enrolled in the program relative to those treated. Adoption was measur

SUBMITTER: Fairman CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11526570 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature