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ArticleCanadian oncology nursing journal = Revue canadienne de nursing oncologique2025

Informal cancer caregivers' perceptions on dyadic exercise with their care recipients.

Thomas Christensen, Colleen Cuthbert, Melanie R Keats

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Article in Canadian oncology nursing journal = Revue canadienne de nursing oncologique, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Thomas ChristensenFirst author, Research Coordinator and Clinical Exercise Physiologist, Physical Activity and Cancer Lab, Dalhousie University and Nova Scotia Health, Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada, thomas.christensen@nshealth.ca.
Colleen Cuthbertco-author, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Department of Oncology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, cacuthbe@ucalgary.ca.
Melanie R KeatsSenior and Corresponding Author, Professor, School of Health and Human Performance, Physical Activity and Cancer Lab, Dalhousie University and Nova Scotia Health, Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada; School of Health and Human Performance, Division of Kinesiology, Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia Health, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: To explore the needs, preferences, and opinions of informal cancer caregivers regarding exercise programs. Methods: Guided by an interpretative description approach, semi-structured interviews with eight informal cancer caregivers were conducted. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using an iterative approach. Results: A throughline of missed opportunities to support informal cancer caregiver health with dyadic exercise programs under-pinned three themes in the data: (1) No Time for Exercise, (2) Lack of Oncology Care Team Support, and (3) Do It for Them. Each theme was characterized by opposing barriers and opportunities to participating in dyadic exercise programs. Conclusions: Informal cancer caregivers appear ready and willing to participate in dyadic exercise programs with their care recipient, yet opportunities and supports to do so are limited. Oncology nurses may play an important role in supporting their patients to be physically active through referrals to exercise programs led by qualified exercise professionals.

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cancerdyadic interventionexerciseinformal caregiverqualitativesurvivorship

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PMID40873753
PMCPMC12379925

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