Healthcare provider perspectives on a clinical decision tool to support individualized exercise prescriptions and discussions for breast cancer survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We evaluated healthcare providers' current knowledge, practices, and perspectives on a novel clinical decision tool (beta-version) to facilitate individualized exercise prescriptions and discussions in clinical settings.

Methods

We recruited healthcare providers who had treated or provided care to breast cancer survivors aged ≥ 35-years in the past 12 months. The participants were presented with a tool to provide individualized exercise recommendations considering women's individual, clinical, and contextual characteristics. Validated and reliable pre-existing instruments were used to survey providers' current knowledge, practices regarding exercise discussions, and perspectives on the beta-version (paper-draft) of the novel tool.

Results

The sample consisted

SUBMITTER: Jayasekera J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12310178 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature