Barriers and facilitators to physical activity: A comparative analysis of transplant athletes competing in high intensity sporting events with other transplant recipients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is widespread recognition that many transplant recipients struggle to become and remain physically active. However, some transplant recipients do undertake strenuous training and significant physical activity (PA) and participate in intensive sports.

Aim

This study sought to understand facilitators and barriers to be physically active for Transplant Athletes (TXA) compared to a group of Dutch transplantees. This explorative mixed methods study analysed race performance and interview data from TxA who participated in cycling and/or the sprint triathlon at the World Transplant Games 2023, and compared their lived experiences in terms of barriers and facilitators of PA with those of 16 transplantees in a study from the Netherlands previously published in this j

SUBMITTER: Rienties B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11343464 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature