Breast cancer survivors' experiences of partner support and physical activity participation
Objective To examine women's experiences of enablers and constraints to physical activity participation after being diagnosed with breast cancer while mothers of dependent children. Methods In‐depth, semi‐structured interviews were conducted with 36 Australian women diagnosed with breast cancer...
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Published in | Psycho-oncology (Chichester, England) Vol. 24; no. 9; pp. 1197 - 1203 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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England
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
01.09.2015
Wiley Subscription Services, Inc |
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Summary: | Objective
To examine women's experiences of enablers and constraints to physical activity participation after being diagnosed with breast cancer while mothers of dependent children.
Methods
In‐depth, semi‐structured interviews were conducted with 36 Australian women diagnosed with breast cancer while mothers of dependent children.
Results
Social, structural and individual enablers and constraints to women's participation in physical activity included level of intimate partner support, daily household and childcare responsibilities, post‐treatment pain and fatigue and level of priority for and pleasure derived from physical activity participation.
Conclusions
The study concludes that social enablers and constraints, particularly partner support and gendered identity, were powerful in framing women's participation. Implications for those working in survivorship care include the need to consider ways to address women's gendered identities and their associated social roles, relationships and responsibilities when designing strategies to increase breast cancer survivors' physical activity participation. Further research is needed to understand the prevalence of the effects of perceived partner support on breast cancer survivors' physical activity participation. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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ISSN: | 1057-9249 1099-1611 |
DOI: | 10.1002/pon.3808 |