Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada.
Curr Oncol. 2023 Mar 28;30(4):3735-3754. doi: 10.3390/curroncol30040284.
Social support can be facilitated through exercise programs for people living with cancer, but there is limited research on how best to foster it in online exercise oncology classes. This study examined current training that fitness professionals receive on the provision and facilitation of social support, experiences people living with cancer have with social support, and supportive behaviours and barriers for providing and obtaining support in online group exercise oncology programs in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Guided by interpretive description methodology, training materials were reviewed, observations of fitness professional training and online exercise classes ( 10) were conducted, and adults living with and beyond cancer ( 19) and fitness professionals ( 15) were interviewed. These data were collected from January 2021 to June 2021. Analysis of the data collected resulted in the identification of three themes: Creating a welcoming environment, helping improve exercise ability and reach goals, and learning to provide and facilitate support online. A catalogue of supportive behaviours that can help to provide and facilitate and barriers that can hinder the provision and obtaining of social support in exercise oncology classes is presented. The findings provide guidance when structuring online classes and inform developing strategies for fitness professionals to use in online classes to foster social support by considering the wants and needs of participants, facilitating support between participants with similar experiences and interests, and integrating support into physical activity.
社会支持可以通过针对癌症患者的锻炼计划来实现，但关于如何在在线肿瘤运动课程中最好地培养社会支持，相关研究有限。本研究考察了健身专业人员在提供和促进社会支持方面的现有培训、癌症患者在社会支持方面的经验，以及在加拿大阿尔伯塔省卡尔加里市的在线团体运动肿瘤学项目中提供和获取支持的支持性行为和障碍。本研究采用解释性描述方法，对培训材料进行了审查，观察了健身专业人员的培训和在线运动课程（10 次），并对癌症患者（19 名）和健身专业人员（15 名）进行了访谈。这些数据是在 2021 年 1 月至 6 月期间收集的。对收集到的数据进行分析，确定了三个主题：创造一个欢迎的环境、帮助提高运动能力和实现目标，以及学习如何在线提供和促进支持。提出了一整套支持性行为，可以帮助提供和促进社会支持，以及阻碍运动肿瘤学课程中社会支持获取的障碍。研究结果为在线课程的组织提供了指导，并为健身专业人员提供了在在线课程中促进社会支持的策略制定提供了信息，这些策略考虑了参与者的需求和兴趣，促进了具有相似经验和兴趣的参与者之间的支持，并将支持融入到体育活动中。
