Page 68 - Physical activity in recipients of solid organ transplantation - Edwin J. van Adrichem

Chapter 4
Table 3.
Personal
Barriers
Lack of energy Comorbidity
Lack of strength
Weight being a barrier
Age
Lack of motivation
Lack of time
Other priorities
Fear (complications/injury) Coping
Goals/goal priority Post-transplant life-events Routine/habit
Barriers
Lack of social support Lack of group activity Social role
Bad weather Side-e ect medication Financial resources
Facilitators
Increased energy level
Motivation
Reinforcement Fun/pleasure
Competition
Coping
Goals/goal priority Self-e cacy
Routine/habit Consequences of (in)activity Transplanted organ
Facilitators
Social support Family/friends Professionals
Group activity
Having a dog (motivation) -
Overview of personal and environmental barriers and facilitators to physical
activity in recipients of solid organ transplantation.
Physical
Physical limitations
Maintaining/increasing muscle
strength
Wanting to lose weight/maintain
weight
Psychological
Other
Environmental
Social environment
Physical environment
Other
Lack of expertise personnel
Expertise personnel
Personal barriers and facilitators to PA
Physical

e most salient physical barrier mentioned was having physical limitations. Physical
limitations refer to inadequate physical capacity to perform PA such as insu

cient exercise
capacity or muscle strength and body signals like pain or cramps.

ese physical limitations
were most often described in relation to the transplantation but were indicated as unrelated
to the transplantation by some.
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