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. 2021 Sep 12;16(4):865–881. doi: 10.1007/s11764-021-01080-0

Table 2.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria for scoping review of the literature

Category Inclusion criteria Exclusion criteria
Population

People with an experience related to implementation of exercise into cancer care, including but not restricted to:

  People receiving the program

  People living with and beyond cancer

People referring into an exercise program:

  Oncologists

  Nurses

  General practitioners

People delivering an exercise program:

  Exercise physiologists

  Physiotherapists

People implementing an exercise program:

  Hospital administrators

  Program administrators

People designing exercise programs:

  Researchers

Age ≤ 18 years
Concept Literature describing barriers to accessing or implementing exercise programs

Barriers unrelated to issues of implementation (e.g. personal motivation)

Barriers that were anticipated, not experienced

Reported exercise preferences, not experienced barriers

Context Outpatient clinical care

Exercise programs that are not linked into healthcare, either via clinician referral or location (e.g. co-located)

In-patient exercise programs

Non-real-world programs (e.g. clinical trials)

Study design (and study feature)

Any design inclusive of original research

English language only

Published 2010–2020

Reviews or meta-analyses

Guidelines or position stands

Program descriptions

Insufficient detail to determine any relevant study content