Exploring the reasons for wanting a peer partner to be physically active among women living with and beyond a cancer diagnosis: a content analysis.

Autor: O'Rourke RH; Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, 320 Huron Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3J7, Canada., Vani MF; Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, 320 Huron Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3J7, Canada., O'Loughlin EK; Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, 320 Huron Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3J7, Canada.; Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada., Thibodeau DE; Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, 320 Huron Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3J7, Canada., Sabiston CM; Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, 320 Huron Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3J7, Canada. catherine.sabiston@utoronto.ca.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer [Support Care Cancer] 2024 Jun 06; Vol. 32 (7), pp. 411. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 06.
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-024-08602-3
Abstrakt: Background: Initiating and maintaining exercise is challenging for women during and post-cancer treatment. Adopting a peer partner model to provide social support to be active may contribute to lasting behaviour change of both partners. Despite this, finding a "like peer" can be challenging.
Purpose: To explore women's reasons for seeking an online exercise partner following a diagnosis with cancer (through  www.activematch.ca ). We also examined women's potential sociodemographic and cancer-related differences by reported reasons for wanting an exercise partner.
Methods: Individuals creating an ActiveMatch profile completed demographic and physical activity questions (N = 199, M age (SD) = 51.9(10.8) years), including an open-ended question regarding their "reason for wanting an exercise partner". An inductive content analysis was completed focusing on the participants' peer exercise partner preferences. Additional chi-square tests were run to assess whether participants differed based on sociodemographic and cancer-related characteristics and their motivations to be active by category of "reason for wanting an exercise partner" endorsed in the open-ended question.
Results: The participants' reasons for wanting an exercise partner were coded into seven categories, with most participants highlighting the reasons of motivation (52.3%), social support (48.7%), and accountability and adherence (26.6%). Women < 50 years of age were more likely to report accountability and adherence-related preferences for a partner. Those reporting endorsing weight loss as their primary reason for becoming active were more likely to be categorized as wanting a peer partner for motivation.
Conclusions: While finding a peer partner can be challenging, matching women living with and beyond a cancer diagnosis based on their reason for wanting an exercise partner, as well as their reasons for wanting to be active, may be important to build successful peer exercise partnerships.
(© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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