Telehealth applied to physical activity during cancer treatment: a feasibility, acceptability, and randomized pilot study.

Purpose: Previous studies have underlined the benefits of exercise during cancer therapy. However, patients are insufficiently active during treatment. Telehealth is used to encourage people to be active, reducing difficulties and offsetting the lack of infrastructure often reported.

[Physical activity during cancer: Can we define participants' profiles?].

Introduction: Benefits of physical activity during cancer treatment are widely demonstrated, however, most of patients are not active enough. Several studies have analyzed the different variables that would affect the participation to physical activity programs. The aim of our study was to define profiles of patients who agree to participate in a physical activity program in the medical setting according to the hospital structure in which they receive their care, their past and present habits in sports and their temporal perspectives.

Links between personality, time perspective, and intention to practice physical activity during cancer treatment: an exploratory study.

Objective: The purpose of the study was to analyze links between personality, time perspective, and intention to practice physical activity during cancer treatment.

Method: One hundred forty-three patients participated in survey by questionnaire. Intention to practice physical activity, time perspective using Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory, and personality with the Big Five Inventory were measured.