ReviewPreventive medicine reports2023
Barriers, facilitators, perceptions and preferences influencing physical activity participation, and the similarities and differences between cancer types and treatment stages - A systematic rapid review.
Review in Preventive medicine reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06429189 (An Online Home-based Combined Exercise Intervention With Self-selected Intensity for Women With Breast Cancer), which is not on this map. Cited by 29 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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An Online Home-based Combined Exercise Intervention With Self-selected Intensity for Women With Breast Cancer: The Home-Combo Randomized Controlled Trial.
Who cites it
29 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Short- and long-term effectiveness of physical activity interventions for women living with and beyond breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan) · 2026Pooled it
- A systematic review of patient and healthcare professional perceptions of the barriers and facilitators to embedding exercise in the adjuvant cancer treatment pathway.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Pooled it
- Barriers to physical activity levels in people with cancer who are undergoing chemotherapy: a narrative systematic review with mapping to the capability, opportunity, motivation behaviour (COM-B) model.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Pooled it
- A qualitative study of cancer survivors' exercise behaviour 4 months after a telerehabilitation program.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Trial
- Motivation to Participate in a Nutrition and Physical Activity Intervention During Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer: A Qualitative Study.Psycho-oncology · 2026Trial
- Evaluating an online-delivered resistance exercise intervention for racially diverse breast cancer survivors using the RE-AIM framework.Translational behavioral medicine · 2026Trial
- Examining sociodemographic and health-related characteristics as moderators of an mHealth intervention on physical activity outcomes in young adult cancer survivors.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Trial
- Online-delivered resistance exercise intervention among racially diverse breast cancer survivors: Feasibility, acceptability, and exploratory outcomes of B-REP.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Trial
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- Informational and structural barriers to exercise oncology care in Spain: development of the MOVE-Onco questionnaire and preliminary findings.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026Article
- Scalable Community-Based Exercise to Support Physical Activity in Cancer Care: A Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Study.Cancers · 2026Article
- Patient-Reported Unmet Needs and Preferred Strategies for Weight Management in Cancer Survivors.Cancer medicine · 2026Article
- Strategies for promoting exercise adherence within a cancer exercise recovery program: a qualitative case study.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- An App-Based Behavioral Support Intervention Promoting Physical Activity (APPROACH) in Patients Diagnosed With Breast, Prostate, or Colorectal Cancer: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
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- Enhancing Urban Health Through a Community of Practice to Promote Active Lifestyle in a Population with Chronic Diseases: The +ACTIU Project.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Predictive ability of the theory of planned behavior on physical activity in newly diagnosed women with breast cancer: a prospective cohort study.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Article
- Physical activity barriers, facilitators, and preferences in primary and tertiary prevention of breast cancer: a French national observational study.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Article
- The Use of Physiotherapy Navigators in Acute Cancer Care Settings: A Scoping Review.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2025Review
- Evaluation of a community-based remotely delivered exercise program (2Unstoppable Strong) for women diagnosed with cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
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Abstract
The aim of this systematic rapid review was to explore barriers, facilitators, perceptions and preferences of physical activity for people diagnosed with cancer, by cancer type and treatment stage. The search strategy, implemented through four databases, included terms relating to cancer, physical activity, barriers, facilitators, perceptions and preferences, and relevant study designs. Studies reporting the outcomes of interests for adults diagnosed with cancer and living in Western countries were included and grouped according to the Social-Ecological Model and the Health Belief Model, and pragmatically. A total of 118 studies, involving 15 cancers were included. Outcomes were most commonly explored within samples involving mixed cancers (32 studies) and breast cancer (31 studies), and at the post-treatment phase (52 studies). Across all cancers and during- and post-treatment, treatment- and disease-related side-effects were the most commonly identified barrier, social support and guidance was the most commonly identified facilitator, and promoting health and recovery was the most commonly identified perception of benefit of physical activity. Notable differences were identified in barriers, facilitators and perceptions across cancer types and treatment stages, with specific examples including: comorbidities were inconsistently reported as a barrier across cancers; time pressure was more commonly reported as a barrier post-treatment; and women with breast cancer reported inaccessibility of appropriate services more commonly during-treatment than post-treatment. Preference findings varied widely across cancer types and treatment phases. These findings can be used to aid efforts to improve physical activity levels post-cancer by providing healthcare professionals with information to facilitate individualised advice and services.
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