Social Support Initiatives That Facilitate Exercise Participation in Community Gyms for People with Disability: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: People with disability report social support facilitates participation in physical activity. A scoping review explored social support strategies used to facilitate exercise participation for people with disability (aged ≥ 15 years) in community gym settings. Seven electronic databases were searched. Studies were screened for eligibility based on title and abstract followed by full-text review. Data were analysed using content analysis and narrative synthesis. Forty-two articles reporting data from 35 studies were included. Eight types of social support were identified: supervision (n = 30), peer support (n = 21), specialist support (n = 19), orientation (n = 15), education (n = 7), logistical support (n = 6), motivational support (n = 5) and

SUBMITTER: Kennedy RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9819822 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature