Physical Activity During Cancer Treatment: Quantitative and Qualitative Mapping of Facilitators and Patients' Preferences for Support (BetUCan)

Description

This research project aims to increase knowledge about two specific areas related to cancer treatment. Firstly, it seeks to identify the factors that facilitate physical activity and patients' preferences for support during treatment of lymphoma, breast, prostate, lung, or colorectal cancer. Secondly, it aims to explore how individually tailored support can be designed and provided to these patients to facilitate physical activity. The project consists of two substudies.

Substudy 1 is a survey study that will gather data using a digital questionnaire to map out patients' levels of physical activity, the factors that facilitate physical activity, and the preferences for support for physical activity. The potential participants who have recently been diagnosed with cancer will be identified in the regional tumor registry at the Regional Cancer Center of Central Sweden.

Substudy 2 is an interview study that will be based on the results from the survey. The data will be collected through focus group interviews with patients undergoing cancer treatment. The interviews will begin with questions about the participants' experiences of physical activity during cancer treatment, then focus on identifying the important factors and support needed for physical activity and how this support can be designed.