Supplementary file 3_Facilitators and barriers to physical activity in middle-aged and old

A systematic review synthesizing qualitative studies on facilitators and barriers to physical activity for middle-aged and older adults living with HIV. The review includes 9 articles published between 2000 and 2024, identifying 71 facilitators and 59 barriers categorized into themes. The work was authored by Yali Zhou and published on figshare in 2026.

Use Cases

• Identify key themes for designing physical activity interventions based on the synthesized qualitative evidence.
• Inform clinical guidelines for supporting healthy aging in people with HIV based on reported facilitators and barriers.
• Guide future qualitative research on health behaviors by using the meta-aggregative approach described.

Strengths

• Systematic methodology following ENTREQ guidelines for qualitative synthesis.
• Quantifies findings with 71 facilitators and 59 barriers extracted from 9 studies.
• Clear temporal coverage of literature from January 2000 to December 2024.

Limitations

• Dataset is a 12.6 KB DOCX document; the underlying qualitative data from the original studies is not included.
• The scope is limited to the synthesis of 9 articles, which may not capture all relevant qualitative evidence.
• Column-level documentation and sample data are unavailable, limiting direct analysis of the raw findings.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Yali Zhou.

Collection Method

Systematic review and meta-aggregation of qualitative studies from Web of Science, Embase, PubMed, and CINAHL.

Time Range

Literature covered from January 2000 to December 2024.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-02 04:21:09.