[...] Outcome expectancies and behavioral experiences in the context of physical activity among cancer patients (2019), Ungar et al

Ungar, N., Rupprecht, F., Steindorf, K., Wiskemann, J., & Sieverding, M. (2019). Worse or even better than expected?—Outcome expectancies and behavioral experiences in the context of physical activity among cancer patients. Journal of Health Psychology. doi: 10.1177/1359105319832345
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1359105319832345?journalCode=hpqa

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So... in conclusion if people do something that they planned to do you can record that they did do the thing that they planned to do and then did?

Clearly money well spent, unless I'm missing something here.

 

Patients were eager to participate, but their expectations (of the benefits) were not satisfied:

 

You could have had high expectancies or low expectancies, if your experiences were good, you were be more likely to stick to it.
Quelle surprise!

I would have liked to see a much greater emphasis on how creating a better experience could lead to more patients continuing doing sports after finishing cancer therapy.
Because that is the answer to the overarching research question.
*ETA: would include to find out why physical activity is benefiting some but not all and how to adapt to improve the former non-responders*

Testing a proven theory on another patient cohort. Maybe a bachelor thesis?

 

Note that the Ungar author is not related to the CDC Elizabeth Unger