There is a wealth of literature that attempts to address the factors that affect adherence to a PA programme and the barriers and facilitators for increased activity [ 19– 27].
What is the relationship between perceived barriers, benefits, and knowledge of PSA screening, perceived susceptibility to prostate cancer, and psychological morbidity, and is this related to past screening behaviour or adherence to a screening programme?
This work reports findings from qualitative research, the aim of which was to identify factors influencing adherence to an activity programme and the perceived effects of physical activity on well-being.
Encouragement from family and healthcare professionals was reported to facilitate adherence to an exercise programme.
By allowing individuals to choose their own mode of exercise, autonomy may be further supported, which has the potential to further enhance affective responses and in turn increase adherence to an exercise programme.
A programme that allows home exercise in the early recovery period followed weeks later by outpatient rehabilitation circumvents this access problem, thus potentially facilitating improved patient adherence to a prescribed supervised programme.
The present study offers some insights into FDRs' screening behaviour, psychological morbidity and adherence to a familial screening programme, but some study limitations must also be taken into consideration.
What effect do socio-demographic variables have on psychological morbidity, perceived barriers, benefits, and knowledge, and susceptibility, perceived risk, reasons for having test, past screening behaviour, and adherence to a familial screening programme?
On the other hand, adherence to a specific physical exercise programme is likely to diminish over time.
