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Table 2 Preferences for PA types and places for practice (% patients reporting the preference)

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

PA types

Places for PA practice

Reference

(A) Walking, (B) Cycling, (C) Swimming, (D) Jogging, (E) Dancing, (F) Gardening, (G) Gymnastics, (H) Strength training, (I) Ball sports, (J) Yoga, (K) Resistance weight training, and (L) Stretching

(A) Home, (B) Outdoors/park, (C) Fitness center, and (D) Cancer center/hospital

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

(F)

(G)

(H)

(I)

(J)

(K)

(L)

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

Brain

Canada, 31, on ttt

CS

+ (45)

 

+ (6)

         

+ (58)

 

+ (16)

 

[87]

US, 106, mixed

CS

+ (51)

         

+ (44)

 

+ (26)

 

+ (9)

+ (6)

[88]

Breast

Canada, 524, post-ttt

CS

+ (51)

      

+ (27)

 

+ (36)

 

+ (36)

+ (32)

 

+ (51)

+ (5)

[89]

Canada, 12, mixed

FG

+

+

+

      

+

      

[50]

US, 60, post-ttt

QI

+ (52)

+ (37)

  

+ (23)

  

+ (80)

  

+ (52)

     

[54]

US, 23, during ttt

CS

+(100)

+ (74)

+ (61)

+ (4)

     

+ (35)

+ (52)

 

+ (48)

+ (30)

+ (22)

 

[55]

US, 160, during ttt

CS

+ (59)

 

+ (23)

 

+ (6)

    

+ (14)

+ (14)

+ (22)

    

[90]

Colo-rectal

Australia,10, post-ttt

QI

+

 

+

   

+

+

+

 

+

     

[56]

Canada, 600, mixed

CS

+ (49)

 

+ (4)

  

+ (8)

      

+ (56)

+ (40)

+ (28)

+ (10)

[91]

Netherlands, 15,

mixed

QI

+

+

  

+

+

      

+

   

[92]

Endometrial

UK, 16, post-ttt

QI

+

               

[60]

Gynecologic

Canada, 239 patients

MM

            

+ (81)

   

[44]

Lung

Australia, 7, post-ttt

FG

+

  

+

  

+

   

+

    

+

[63]

US, 43, pre-ttt

CS

            

+ (49)

 

+ (14)

+(23)

[65]

US, 175, post-ttt

CS

+ (26)

 

+ (6)

         

+ (12)

+ (6)

+ (18)

+(10)

[38]

Multiple myeloma

Australia, 24, post-ttt

QI

+

+

+

  

+

 

+

+

+

 

+

    

[66]

Ovarian

Canada, 359, mixed

CS

+ (63)

+ (3)

+ (4)

      

+ (4)

  

+ (49)

 

+ (21)

+ (7)

[45]

Prostate

Australia, 18, post-ttt

QI

+

  

+

 

+

+

 

+

+

      

[68]

Testicular

Norway, 9, mixed

QI

+ (67)

  

+ (11)

            

[93]

Variousa

Australia, 92, during ttt

CS

+ (68)

+ (4)

+ (6)

      

+ (5)

+ (9)

 

+ (53)

 

+ (15)

 

[94]

Canada, 66, mixed

CS

            

+ (60)

  

+(32)

[72]

England, 59, mixed

CS

+ (52)

+ (18)

  

+(73)

   

+ (18)

+ (17)

     

[74, 75]

Germany, 155, mixed

CS

+ (45)

+ (45)

+ (45)

   

+ (13)

 

+ (20)

+ (13)

      

[95]

Ireland, 41, mixed

FG

  

+ (15)

    

+ (66)

 

+ (3)

  

+ (68)

   

[77]

Italy, 392, mixed

CS

            

+ (21)

+ (27)

+ (12)

 

[46]

UK, 26, mixed stages

FG

               

+

[84]

UK, 456 patients

CS

+ (73)

 

+ (31)

    

+ (34)

 

+ (26)

 

+ (31)

+ (14)

 

+ (23)

+(16)

[43]

US, 20, during ttt

QI

            

+ (80)

   

[85]

US, 162, mixed

CS

+ (73)

+ (64)

+ (58)

+ (36)

+ (35)

   

+ (31)

   

+ (91)

+ (58)

+ (64)

 

[96]

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