Healthcare professionals' promotion of physical activity to people living with and beyond head and neck cancer: a cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Physical activity (PA) can improve health-related outcomes for head and neck cancer (HaNC) patients, and PA guidance from healthcare professionals' can increase patients' PA levels. However, less than 9% of HaNC patients are physically active. This study explored healthcare professionals' promotion of PA across the National Health Service (NHS) in North West England and North Wales, to HaNC patients.

Methods

A cross-sectional online survey exploring healthcare professionals' promotion of PA in HaNC. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form was used to estimate healthcare professionals' PA levels. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive or inferential statistics and qualitative data were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis. Data we

SUBMITTER: Doughty HC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11611970 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature