What Do Primary Healthcare Providers and Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practitioners in Palestine Need to Know about Exercise for Cancer Patients and Survivors: A Consensual Study Using the Delphi Technique
Table 1
Detailed practice and sociodemographic variables of the panelists who participated in the study (n = 65).
Variable
n
%
Gender
Male
37
56.9
Female
28
43.1
Age (in years)
< 45
18
27.7
≥ 45
47
72.3
Academic degree/specialty
MD/PhD
7
10.8
MD (primary healthcare provider)
28
43.1
MD/public health
4
6.2
Oncologist
6
9.2
CAM provider
20
30.8
Employer
Primary healthcare facility (government)
31
47.7
Primary healthcare facility (private)
9
13.8
Private practice
25
38.5
Number of years in practice
5-9
11
16.9
10-14
23
35.4
15-19
18
27.7
≥ 20
13
20
Approximate number of cancer patients or survivors seen per month
5-9
37
56.9
10-14
17
26.2
≥ 15
11
16.9
CAM: complementary and alternative medicine; MD: Doctor of Medicine; PhD: Doctor of Philosophy.
