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Objectively Assessed Physical Activity Levels in Spanish Cancer Survivors

Ana Ruiz-Casado
Ana Soria Verdugo
María J. Ortega Solano
Itziar Pagola Aldazabal
Carmen Fiuza-Luces
Lidia Brea Alejo
Julio R. Padilla del Hierro
Isabel Palomo
Oscar Aguado-Arroyo
Nuria Garatachea
Héctor Cebolla
Alejandro Lucia
ONF 2014, 41(1), E12-E20 DOI: 10.1188/14.ONF.E12-E20
Purpose/Objectives: To objectively assess physical activity (PA) levels in a cohort of Spanish cancer survivors. Design: Descriptive, cross-sectional. Setting: The Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada and two healthcare centers in Madrid, Spain. Sample: 204 cancer survivors and 115 adults with no...
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Perceived Exercise Barriers and Facilitators Among Ethnically Diverse Breast Cancer Survivors

Denise Spector
Claudio Battaglini
Diane Groff
ONF 2013, 40(5), 472-480 DOI: 10.1188/13.ONF.472-480
Purpose/Objectives: To determine whether women with breast cancer were meeting current physical activity recommendations and to describe perceptions of exercise self-efficacy, exercise benefits and barriers, and perceptions of environmental supports for physical activity by race or ethnicity...
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Effects of Social Support on Physical Activity, Self-Efficacy, and Quality of Life in Adult Cancer Survivors and Their Caregivers

Fedricker Diane Barber
ONF 2013, 40(5), 481-489 DOI: 10.1188/13.ONF.481-489
Purpose/Objectives: To explore the relationships between adult cancer survivor and caregiver social support, self-efficacy for physical activity (SEPA), physical activity (PA) behavior, and quality of life (QOL); and to understand cancer survivors' and their caregivers' perceptions of social...
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Exercise Preferences Among Men With Prostate Cancer Receiving Androgen-Deprivation Therapy

Joanne M. Harrington
Dawn C. Schwenke
Dana R. Epstein
ONF 2013, 40(5), E358-E367 DOI: 10.1188/13.ONF.E358-E367
Purpose/Objectives: To investigate acceptability of and preferences for physical activity participation in men receiving androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer, to identify influencing clinical and demographic factors, and to determine the percentage meeting national exercise...
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Effects of Nia Exercise in Women Receiving Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer

Debra Reis
M. Eileen Walsh
Stacey Young-McCaughan
Tisha Jones
ONF 2013, 40(5), E374-E381 DOI: 10.1188/13.ONF.E374-E381
Purpose/Objectives: To compare a 12-week nontraditional exercise Nia program practiced at home to usual care on fatigue, quality of life (QOL), aerobic capacity, and shoulder flexibility in women with breast cancer undergoing radiation therapy. Design: Randomized clinical trial. Setting: Large...
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