Leisure and Productivity in Older Adults with Cancer: A Systematic Review

Table 1

Stated aims of the included studies.

First author; Year	Stated aim
Berat, S.; 2015	To determinate social functioning of elderly people suffering from malignant diseases and the possibilities for their social integration
Blair, C.K.; 2016	Examining the degree to which physical inactivity is associated with poor QoL among older, long-term female cancer survivors compared to similar-aged women without cancer
Buffart, L.M.; 2012	To describe the physical activity level in a large group of Dutch colorectal cancer survivors and to identify which demographic and cancer-related factors were associated with physical activity; the second aim was to study whether physical activity was associated with health-related quality of life and whether this association was medicated by fatigue and distress
Fosså, S.D.; 2015	To explore the effect of typical adverse effects on global quality of life, if analysed together with other medical and psychosocial health conditions as reported by prostate cancer patients who considered themselves tumour-free after curatively intended treatment. Perception of the quality of their partnership was explored as a secondary aim
Imanishi, M.; 2015	To examine the application of occupational therapy in the final stage of life by following the path of a patient who transitioned from denial of disease and death to acceptance and desire to live their remaining life to the fullest
Lyons, K.D.; 2013	To explore survivors’ activity levels 3 months after completion of cancer treatment
Van Nieuwenhuizen, A.J.; 2018	To describe the level of physical activity among head and neck cancer survivors, including leisure time, household, and occupational physical activities; to study demographic, clinical, and lifestyle-related correlates of physical activities; and to assess the association between physical activities and health-related quality of life adjusted for important demographic, clinical, and lifestyle-related factors