Parent perceptions of their child's and their own physical activity after treatment for childhood cancer.

Autor: Ha L; School of Health Sciences, UNSW Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia. lauren.ha@unsw.edu.au.; Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, Australia. lauren.ha@unsw.edu.au., Wakefield CE; Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, Australia.; School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia., Fardell J; Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, Australia.; School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia., Cohn RJ; Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, Australia.; School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia., Simar D; School of Health Sciences, UNSW Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia., Signorelli C; Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, Australia.; School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia., Mizrahi D; Prince of Wales Clinical School, UNSW Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia.; The Daffodil Centre, The University of Sydney, A Joint Venture With Cancer Council NSW, Sydney, Australia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer [Support Care Cancer] 2022 Nov; Vol. 30 (11), pp. 8947-8957. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Aug 01.
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-022-07288-9
Abstrakt: Purpose: Parents are important facilitators of physical activity for children, yet little is known about the perceptions of parents of childhood cancer survivors. We investigated parent perceptions of their own and their child's physical activity levels after cancer treatment and examined associations with clinical, demographic, and psychosocial factors.
Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey among 125 parents and 125 survivors. Parents reported on the perceived importance of their child being physically active and concerns regarding exercising after cancer treatment.
Results: Parents and survivors self-reported median (range) of 127.5 (0-1260) and 220 (0-1470) min/week of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. Most parents (n = 109, 98%) believed that physical activity was highly important for their child. Some parents (n = 19, 17%) reported concerns, most commonly regarding exercise safety (n = 7, 22%). Parents were more likely to perceive that their child should increase physical activity if their child was an adolescent and had high body fat percentage.
Conclusions: Physical activity levels varied widely among survivors, reflecting factors including parents' lifestyles, limited understanding of exercise benefits and perceptions of risk. Given survivors' insufficient physical activity levels and sedentary behaviour among families, embedding physical activity promotion into health systems and follow-up support could benefit the entire family unit.
(© 2022. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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