Facilitators and Barriers to Physical Activity for Middle-Aged and Older Adults with HIV

A systematic review of qualitative studies from January 2000 to December 2024, aggregating findings from 9 articles. The review, authored by Yali Zhou and published on figshare, identifies 71 facilitators and 59 barriers to physical activity, categorized into two main themes and seven sub-themes.

Use Cases

• Identify key themes for designing physical activity interventions based on the aggregated qualitative findings.
• Analyze the balance of facilitators versus barriers to inform support strategies for the target population.
• Use the meta-aggregated themes as a framework for coding new qualitative data on HIV and aging.

Strengths

• Follows ENTREQ guidelines for transparent reporting of qualitative synthesis.
• Synthesizes evidence from 9 articles, identifying 130 total factors (71 facilitators, 59 barriers).
• Registered with PROSPERO (CRD42024498010), indicating a structured review protocol.

Limitations

• The dataset is a 24.6 KB DOCX file, indicating a very limited scope and likely a summary document rather than raw data.
• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; the actual qualitative data extracts are not provided.
• The geographic scope of the included studies is not specified, which may limit generalizability.

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

January 2000 to December 2024.

Freshness

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