"Kicked out into the real world": prostate cancer patients' experiences with transitioning from hospital-based supervised exercise to unsupervised exercise in the community.
Mette L K SchmidtPeter ØstergrenPrue CormieAnne-Mette RagleJens SønksenJulie MidtgaardPublished in: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (2018)
Hospital-based, supervised exercise provides a safe learning environment. Transferring to community-based exercise can be experienced as a confrontation with the real world and can be eased through securing a structured transition, having transferable tools, sustained peer support and monitoring.