Physical Activity in Adolescents following Treatment for Cancer: Influencing Factors

Table 3

Reported personal barriers to physical activity % represents the proportion reporting “often” and “very often” and between group differences.

Personal barrier	Survivor		Comparison		P value
	%	M (SD)	%	M (SD)
Lack of energy	19.2	1.4 (1.1)	17.0	1.5 (1.2)	NS
Lack of self-discipline	19.2	1.3 (1.2)	25.5	1.5 (1.2)	NS
Lack of time	17.0	1.5 (1.1)	46.8	2.4 (1.1)	0.007
Lack of skills	10.6	1.0 (1.1)	8.5	0.9 (1.0)	NS
No one to do physical activity with	10.4	1.1 (1.2)	12.8	1.3 (1.2)	NS
The weather is bad	8.5	1.2 (0.9)	4.3	1.3 (1.0)	NS
Self-conscious about my looks when exercising	6.4	0.8 (0.9)	8.5	0.9 (1.1)	NS
Lack of knowledge about how to be physically active	4.2	0.6 (0.8)	6.4	0.7 (0.8)	NS
I am too overweight	2.1	0.3 (0.8)	0	0.2 (0.5)	NS
Physical activity is boring	2.1	0.8 (0.9)	2.1	0.8 (1.0)	NS
Friends tease me during exercise or sports	2.1	0.3 (0.6)	0	0.4 (0.6)	NS
Someone told me not to exercise	2.1	0.1 (0.3)	0	0.1 (0.4)	NS

NS: not significant.