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Table 2 Associations Among Exercise Beliefs and Patient Preference.

From: Understanding breast cancer patients' preference for two types of exercise training during chemotherapy in an unblinded randomized controlled trial

 

Patient Preference1

AET Motivation

RET Motivation

RET-AET Motivation Difference2

 

r (p value)

r (p value)

r (p value)

r (p value)

AET Beliefs

    

Affective attitude

-.10 (p = .135)

.38 (p < .001)

.15 (p = .024)

-.20 (p = .002)

Instrumental attitude

.02 (p = .719)

.49 (p < .001)

.34 (p < .001)

-.09 (p = .152)

Subjective norm

-.02 (p = .755)

.30 (p < .001)

.14 (p = .030)

-.12 (p = .056)

Perceived control

.09 (p = .162)

.38 (p < .001)

.32 (p < .001)

-.02 (p = .776)

Motivation

-.22 (p = .001)

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RET Beliefs

    

Affective attitude

.29 (p < .001)

.21 (p = .001)

.49 (p < .001)

.30 (p < .001)

Instrumental attitude

.37 (p < .001)

.26 (p < .001)

.63 (p < .001)

.40 (p < .001)

Subjective norm

.21 (p = .001)

.14 (p = .035)

.39 (p < .001)

.27 (p < .001)

Perceived control

.34 (p < .001)

.17 (p = .010)

.54 (p < .001)

.39 (p < .001)

Motivation

.44 (p < .001)

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RET-AET Belief Difference2

    

Affective attitude

.47 (p < .001)

-.16 (p = .015)

.45 (p < .001)

.59 (p < .001)

Instrumental attitude

.45 (p < .001)

-.11 (p = .083)

.50 (p < .001)

.60 (p < .001)

Subjective norm

.28 (p < .001)

-.10 (p = .127)

.37 (p < .001)

.45 (p < .001)

Perceived control

.34 (p < .001)

-.22 (p = .001)

.35 (p < .001)

.54 (p < .001)

Motivation

.64 (p < .001)

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  1. 1Patient preference coded as -1 (prefer AET), 0 (no preference), +1 (prefer RET). 2RET-AET difference calculated as RET belief minus AET belief. AET = aerobic exercise training; RET = resistance exercise training.