Exercise Behavior and Attitudes Among Internal Medicine Patients

Physical activity and quality of life in head and neck cancer survivors

“…Because of the tertiary nature of the clinic, primary care records were not available, requiring collection of comorbidity data by self-report to ensure complete data collection. Hence, medical comorbidities were obtained by utilizing yes/no questions designed and successfully used in a prior pilot study by the principal investigator among chronic disease internal medicine patients [24]. The following comorbidities, which have the potential to influence physical activity, were assessed: lung disease (including home oxygen), heart disease (congestive heart failure or coronary artery disease), peripheral vascular disease, renal dialysis, and arthritis.…”