Factors influencing physical activity participation among people living with or beyond cancer: a systematic scoping review

Elshahat, Sarah; Treanor, Charlene; Donnelly, Michael

doi:10.1186/s12966-021-01116-9

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Table 1 Perceived benefits and risks of PA (% patients citing the benefit/risk)

From: Factors influencing physical activity participation among people living with or beyond cancer: a systematic scoping review

Cancer type	Country, no. of participants, treatment stage	Study design	Perceived benefits												Perceived risks			Reference
			Physiological benefits (A) Fitness, (B) Strength, (C) Promote health & recovery, (D) Boost energy, (E) Improve survival, (F) Prevent reoccurrence, & (G) Weight loss							Psychosocial benefits (H) Relieve stress, (I) Better state of mind, (J) Socialization, (K) Quality sleep, & (L) Self-esteem					(A) Fatigue, (B) Pain, & (C) Risk of injury
			(A)	(B)	(C)	(D)	(E)	(F)	(G)	(H)	(I)	(J)	(K)	(L)	(A)	(B)	(C)
Breast	Canada, 9, post-ttt	QI				+			+	+	+			+				[40]
	Canada, 8, during ttt	QI	+			+					+		+	+				[49]
	Canada, 12, mixed	FG	+		+ (25)	+ (8)	+ (17)			+	+ (17)			+	+	+ (17)	+	[50]
	Canada, 12, post-ttt	QI			+		+	+	+	+	+	+						[41]
	NZ, 20 women	FG	+									+						[51]
	Norway, 27 women, during ttt	FG	+		+			+		+	+			+				[52]
	Sweden, 16, on ttt	QI	+	+	+	+				+	+	+		+				[53]
	US, 60 women	QI	+ (28)			+ (15)				+ (5)	+ (18)							[54]
	US, 23 women, during ttt	CS		+ (91)	+ (91)	+ (78)			+ (91)	+ (87)	+ (83)	+ (52)		+ (78)		+ (30)	+ (4)	[55]
Colo-rectal	Australia,10, post-ttt	QI	+	+	+	+				+	+			+				[56]
	Canada, 600, post-ttt	CS	+ (70)		+ (66)	+ (61)	+ (58)	+ (41)	+ (52)	+ (54)	+ (44)							[57]
	Canada, 30, mixed	QI	+ (75)	+ (56)	+ (63)	+ (50)			+ (50)	+ (24)	+ (31)		+ (50)	+ (65)				[58]
	Sweden, 17 patients	QI			+													[59]
Endom-etrial	UK, 16 women, post-ttt	QI	+		+	+					+							[60]
Kidney	Canada, 482, post-ttt	CS	+ (26)	+ (25)	+ (22)	+ (23)			+ (49)				+ (3)	+ (24)				[61]
Leuke-mia	US, 6, post-ttt	QI			+	+				+		+	+	+				[62]
Lung	Australia, 7, post-ttt	FG	+	+	+					+	+							[63]
	Denmark, 19, post-ttt	QI	+	+	+	+					+			+				[64]
	US, 43, pre-ttt	CS	+ (13)	+ (67)	+ (18)	+ (13)									+ (48)	+ (29)	+(14)	[65]
Multiple myeloma	Australia, 24 patients, post-ttt	QI			+				+	+	+	+		+				[66]
Ovarian	Australia, 12, mixed	QI			+				+									[67]
Prostate	Australia, 18, post-ttt	QI			+	+			+	+	+	+		+				[68]
Prostate	Ireland, 20 men	QI	+		+	+			+		+							[31]
Various^a	Australia, 9, on ttt	QI/FG		+	+						+			+				[69]
	Australia, 15, mixed	QI	+	+	+	+			+		+	+		+				[70]
	Australia, 102, post-ttt	CS		+ (88)	+ (96)	+ (44)		+ (63)		+ (68)		+ (61)						[71]
	Canada, 788 patients	CS				+ (76)	+ (90)											[22]
	Canada, 66, mixed	CS	+		+	+					+	+	+					[72]
	Canada, 13, post-ttt	QI		+	+	+		+		+	+	+		+				[73]
	England, 59, mixed	CS	+ (40)		+ (40)						+ (10)	+ (16)		+ (10)				[74, 75]
	Germany, 905 patients	CS	+ (58)		+ (68)									+ (61)				[76]
	Ireland, 41, mixed	FG	+		+	+		+		+	+	+	+	+				[77]
	Italy, 12 females, post-ttt	FG									+			+				[78]
	Netherlands, 13, post-ttt	QI	+	+		+				+	+	+		+	+			[79]
	Norway, 7, on ttt	QI		+	+				+	+	+							[80]
	NZ, 25, mixed stages	QI	+	+	+			+			+							[81]
	Sweden, 18, during ttt	FG	+	+	+	+			+		+	+		+	+	+		[24]
	UK, 6, post-ttt	QI	+	+	+	+			+	+	+	+		+				[82]
	UK, 19, post-ttt	QI			+			+	+		+							[37]
	UK, 16, mixed	QI		+	+	+								+				[83]
	UK, 26, mixed	FG			+				+	+	+			+	+	+	+	[84]
	UK, 456 patients	CS			+ (87)									+ (54)				[43]
	US, 20, during ttt	QI	+	+	+	+				+				+				[85]
	US, 25, post-ttt	FG			+			+										[86]

Abbreviations: CS cross-sectional, FG focus groups, MM mixed-method, NZ New Zealand, PA physical activity, QI qualitative interview, ttt treatment. ^a The study included various mixed cancer types

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