Table 5.

Facilitators to PA participation among cancer patients (% patients reporting the facilitator)

Cancer type	Country, no. of participants, treatment stage	Study design	Physiological		Psychosocial & cultural					Economic & environmental		Reference
			(A) Feeling well, & (B) Symptom management strategies		(A) Positive previous experience, (B) Perceived benefits, (C) Exercise in routine (D) Social support and guidance, & (E)Companionship					(A) Affordable programs, & (B) Accessible/ tailored amenities
			(A)	(B)	(A)	(B)	(C)	(D)	(E)	(A)	(B)
Breast	Canada, 9 women, post-ttt	QI			+	+	+	+	+		+	[40]
	Canada, 8, during ttt	QI		+		+	+	+	+		+	[49]
	Canada, 12, mixed stages	QI				+			+			[77]
	New Zealand, 20 women	FG					+	+	+			[51]
	Norway, 27, during ttt	FG				+		+	+			[52]
	Spain, 14 women, post-ttt	QI				+		+	+		+	[99]
	Sweden, 16, during ttt	QI						+	+		+	[53]
	Sweden, 29, post-ttt	MM						+	+		+	[123]
	Sweden, 12, post-ttt	QI				+						[124]
	US, 15 women, post ttt	QI				+		+	+			[125]
	US, 60 women, post-ttt	QI						+ (50)	+ (97)		+ (20)	[54]
	US, 30 women, during ttt	QI						+			+	[101]
Colo-rectal	Canada, 600, post-ttt	CS	+ (10)						+ (13)		+ (12)	[57]
	Netherlands, 15, mixed	QI	+			+	+	+	+	+	+	[92]
	Sweden, 17 patients	QI	+	+		+		+			+	[59]
Endometrial	UK, 16 women, post-ttt	QI				+		+	+			[60]
Gynecologic	Canada, 239 survivors	MM				+ (50)		+ (50)	+	+	+	[44]
Kidney	Canada, 482, post-ttt	CS							+ (47)		+ (7),	[61]
Lung	Australia, 7, post-ttt	FG			+			+	+		+	[63]
	Denmark, 19, post-ttt	QI				+	+	+			+	[64]
	France, 5 patients	QI				+		+	+			[105]
	US, 43, during ttt	CS	+ (15)				+ (11)	+ (15)			+ (37)	[65]
Lung & GI	US, 34 patients	QI			+	+	+	+	+			[107]
Lymphoma	US, N/A, post-ttt	FG						+			+	[108]
Prostate	Australia, 18 men, post-ttt	QI						+	+			[68]
	Australia, 14 men	QI		+				+	+			[112]
	England, 16 men, post-ttt	QI		+		+		+	+		+	[113]
	Ireland, 20 men	QI						+				[31]
Variousa	Australia, 15, mixed stages	QI				+		+	+			[70]
	Australia, 9, during ttt	QI/FG					+	+		+	+	[69]
	Australia, 102, post-ttt	CS			+	+ (99)		+ (97)	+ (81)		+	[71]
	Australia, 20, during ttt	QI						+			+	[117]
	Canada, 30, during ttt	CS			+ (63)	+ (37)	+	+ (32)	+		+ (42)	[20]
	Denmark, 33, during ttt	QI		+		+	+	+	+			[118]
	Germany, 905 patients	CS				+	+		+			[76]
	Ireland, 41, mixed stages	FG						+	+		+	[77]
	Italy, 12, post-ttt	FG			+	+	+	+	+		+	[78]
	New Zealand, 25, mixed	QI						+	+		+	[81]
	Sweden, 18, during ttt	FG		+	+			+	+		+	[24]
	UK, 26, mixed stages	FG				+	+	+	+		+	[84]
	UK, 456, post-ttt	CS		+				+	+		+	[43]
	UK, 19 patients, post-ttt	QI						+	+		+	[37]
	UK, 12, mixed stages	QI		+				+	+			[36]
	UK, 16, mixed stages	QI						+			+	[83]
	US, 25, post-ttt	FG				+	+	+	+		+	[86]
	US, 20, post-ttt	QI						+	+	+	+	[39]
	US, 13, mixed stages	QI				+		+			+	[122]

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