ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2020
Older patients' attitudes towards, and perceptions of, preoperative physical activity and exercise prior to colorectal cancer surgery-a gap between awareness and action.
Article in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
17 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prehabilitation for cancer surgery: a systematic review of qualitative literature from experienced stakeholders.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Pooled it
- Psychological, social, and behavioral barriers and facilitators to prehabilitation before cancer surgery: a qualitative systematic review.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Pooled it
- The use of technology in cancer prehabilitation: a systematic review.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Pooled it
- What moves patients to participate in prehabilitation before major surgery? A mixed methods systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2023Pooled it
- Patient Reflections on Participation in a Randomised Controlled Multimodal Prehabilitation Trial Before Ventral Hernia Repair.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Trial
- Acceptability and Feasibility of an Isometric Resistance Exercise Program for Abdominal Cancer Surgery: An Embedded Qualitative Study.Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer CenterTrial
- The impact of preoperative regular exercise on mental health in patients undergoing Type II incision surgery.Perioperative medicine (London, England) · 2026Article
- Bridging the awareness-action gap in pelvic floor prehabilitation: cognitive barriers and facilitators for asymptomatic populations-a perspective.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Prehabilitation for cancer surgery: perspectives of Australian patients, families, and health professionals.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- Participation and Compliance in a Multimodal Prehabilitation Program for Colorectal Cancer (PACE): A Qualitative Study.Patient preference and adherence · 2024Article
- [Influencing Factors of Adherence to Exercise Prehabilitation in Older Patients With Colorectal Cancer: A Qualitative Study].Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition · 2023Article
- A Mobile App With Multimodality Prehabilitation Programs for Patients Awaiting Elective Surgery: Development and Usability Study.JMIR perioperative medicine · 2021Article
- Factors influencing physical activity participation among people living with or beyond cancer: a systematic scoping review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021Article
- The importance of cancer patients' functional recollections to explore the acceptability of an isometric-resistance exercise intervention: A qualitative study.Health science reports · 2020Article
- Comparison of Survival and Risk Factors of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer in the Geriatric Population.Frontiers in oncology · 2020Article
- Attitudes to and Experiences of Physical Activity After Colon Cancer Diagnosis Amongst Physically Active Individuals - A Qualitative Study.Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer CenterArticle
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
purposeTime for preoperative optimisation prior to colorectal cancer surgery is limited and older people tend to decline exercise interventions. This study sought to describe attitudes towards, and perceptions of, preoperative physical activity and exercise in older people prior to colorectal cancer surgery.
methodsThis is a qualitative interview study, analysed with inductive content analysis. Seventeen participants scheduled for colorectal surgery were recruited as a purposeful sample from two hospitals in Stockholm, Sweden. Individual semi-structured interviews were conducted, face-to-face (n = 8) or by telephone (n = 9).
resultsNine participants were male, median age was 75 years (range 70-91). The theme, 'a gap between awareness and action', was identified based on two main categories: 'Attitudes towards preoperative physical exercise have a multifactorial base' and 'Preoperative physical exercise is possible with a push in the right direction'. The material described a gap between awareness of the benefits of physical activity and reports of performing physical activity. The reasons for the gap between thoughts and action in this respect seem to be multifactorial. Support from others emerged as an important possibility for overcoming the gap.
conclusionsA gap between the patients' awareness and action appeared in our material. Understanding this can guide healthcare professionals (HCPs) as to the support needed preoperatively. Advice on physical exercise before surgery should be specific, and individually tailored support for action should be offered. This support should also consider the individual's current physical activity and preoperative attitude towards physical exercise.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.