Female breast cancer survivors (MSCM) can suffer from numerous side effects and sequelae, for this reason regular exercise (PE) is recommended, as a strategy that has proven useful in mitigating the negative physical and psychological symptoms caused about cancer and its treatments. Objective: To know if the variables of: anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, coping styles, level of social support and barriers, are associated with PE in MSCM. Method: This is a descriptive study of women attending the Madrid office of the Spanish Cancer Association (AECC). The variables analyzed are: regular or unregulated exercise, assessed with the questionnaire of stages of change for physical exercise (URICA E2), anxiety symptoms with the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), depressive symptoms with the Beck’s Depression Inventory ( BDI-II), the COPE-28 questionnaire, the level of social support through the Medical Outcomes Study-Social Support Survey (MOS), and a barriers questionnaire designed by Kostik (2016) were used to assess coping styles . The sample consisted of 200 women, of which 165 eventually participated, with a mean age of 49.17 years (SD=7.54). Results: 62.4% say they have children, 50.3% are married, 75.8% have studied at university, 57.8% are active. As regards the clinical variables, 100% of the women underwent surgery, 78.2% also received chemotherapy, 78.8% radiotherapy and 78.8% hormone therapy. They were 71.5% (118) of the women who reported practicing PE regularly and 28.5% (47) did not. Variables associated with the practice of PE were: depressive symptoms (eg,
Breast cancer survivors (BCS) often experience various side effects and sequelae. Exercise has emerged as a strategy that helps people mitigate the negative physical and psychological symptoms caused by cancer and its treatments. Objective: The objective of this article is to know if the following variables: anxious symptomatology, depressive symptomatology, coping styles, level of social support and barriers, were associated with physical exercise in women who have suffered from breast cancer. Method: This is a descriptive study of women who attended the Spanish Cancer Society in Madrid. The variables that we analyzed were: regular exercise or not, assessed with the Stages of Change questionnaire for exercise (URICA-E2), anxious symptoms with the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), depressive symptoms with the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI -II), to evaluate coping styles we used the COPE-28 questionnaire, the level of social support through the Medical Outcomes Study-Social Support Survey (MOS) and a short questionnaire on exercise barriers designed by Kostiuk (2016). Results: The simple consisted of 165 breast cancer survivors, with a mean age of 49.17 years (SD=7.54); 62.4% claimed to have children, 50.3% were married, 75.8% had university studies, 57.8% were active. Regarding the clinical variables, 100% of the women underwent surgery, of which 78.2% also received chemotherapy, 78.8% radiotherapy and 78.8% hormone therapy. 71.5% (118) of women reported that they exercised regularly and 28.5% (47) did not. The variables that were associated with regular exercise were: anxiety symptoms (p=0.006), depressive symptoms (p
