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Table 2 Strategies for upholding routines and activity adaptations

From: Everyday activity strategies perceived by people with advanced cancer: a qualitative explorative study

Activity adaptations

Upholding routines

Working with and around limitations

Shifting responsibilities

Enlisting external support

Personal care

and household

Leisure

Social life

Work

life

New routine

Reducing

Prioritizing

Pacing

Breaking up

Stopping

Avoiding

Delegating

Sharing

Employer, colleagues

Municipality or private

Social networks

Neighbor

Extended

Personal hygiene

Sleep Rest

Cooking + baking

Cleaning (light)

Cleaning (heavy; hoovering)

Laundry

Shopping (daily, light)

Shopping (weekly, heavy)

Garden maintenance

Leisure, knitting, sewing, family research

walking

biking

Socialising Family

Friends

Social network

Work