Table 2.

Barriers to adherence to exercise prehabilitation

Theme	Belief Statements	TDF Domain	Total	(%)
Pre-existing conditions, fatigue and baseline fitness	Pre-existing conditions, feeling tired and my initial state of fitness made the program difficult to complete	Beliefs about Capabilities	11	73%
Weather	The weather impacted my ability to do the prehab program	Environment	6	40%
Guilt and frustration when unable to exercise	I felt guilty when I did not complete the prehab exercises	Emotion, Reinforcement	4	27%
	I felt frustrated when I could not complete some of the prehab exercises	Emotion	4	27%
A need for individualization and variety	A more individualized program would be helpful to improve the prehab program	Behavioural Regulation	4	27%
	More equipment (i.e. resistance bands at different levels) would improve the prehab program	Behavioural Regulation	4	27%