title: Breast cancer survivors' barriers and motives for participating in a group-based physical activity program offered in the community.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the barriers and motives experienced by women attending an 8-week group-based physical activity program offered in the community following treatment for breast cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seven women were interviewed during the first and last week of the program. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Factors that hindered women's continued participation could be subdivided into situational barriers, which encompassed community (i.e., distance of center and traffic) and institutional factors (i.e., competing roles and responsibilities), and internal barriers, which consisted of cancer-specific limitations. Motives for initial and continued participation were situational (i.e., gaining social support, networking, and being around similar others) and internal (i.e., feeling a sense of personal fulfillment, acquiring health benefits, and recovering from cancer).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings contribute to a deeper understanding of women's motives to engage in a group-based physical activity program after treatment for breast cancer. Further, they underscore the necessity of considering situational and internal barriers when developing group-based physical activity programs to increase regular participation, optimize adherence, and reduce drop-out.
authors.affiliation: School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, 125 University Private, Montpetit Hall, Room 339, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada.
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wurz
authors.forename: Anik
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: St-Aubin
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brunet
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D009043:Motor Activity; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017741:Survivors