Barriers and enablers to exercise prehabilitation before breast cancer surgery in an Australian regional health service: patient and clinician perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To identify barriers and enablers of an exercise-based prehabilitation service for surgical patients with breast cancer and medical professionals in a regional healthcare setting.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey was distributed to patients with breast cancer and medical professionals from regional populations. Surveys included closed and open-ended responses. A chi-square goodness of fit test with a Fisher's exact correction was used for quantitative analysis of the frequencies of barriers and enablers within groups. Content analysis was used for open-ended responses.

Results

Twenty-five patients and 14 clinicians participated. Patients identified psychological barriers as the lowest concern to exercise prehabilitation (χ²(9, n = 23) = 21.78, p = .

SUBMITTER: Chiu A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11845435 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature