Healthcare Practitioners’ Perceptions of the Barriers to Prescribing or Promoting Exercise in the Treatment of People with Mental Illness: A Scoping Review
Table 1
Databases and search terms used to identify articles for review.
Database
Search terms
Number of articles
MEDLINE
(mental ADJ health) OR (mental ADJ illness) OR depression OR anxiety OR (psychotic ADJ disorder) OR schizophrenia OR (bipolar ADJ disorder) OR (mood ADJ disorder)
484
AND
clinician or doctor or (health ADJ personnel) or (health ADJ professional) or nurse or practitioner or psychiatrist or psychologist or psychotherapist or therapist
AND
Exercise OR (physical ADJ activity) OR (physical ADJ therapy)
AND
attitude OR barrier OR obstacle
Limiters
Publication year: 2005–2023; English
CINAHL
(“mental health” OR “mental illness” OR depression OR “mood disorder”)
129
AND
(clinician OR doctor OR “health personnel” OR “health professional” OR “health professionals” OR nurse OR practitioner OR psychiatrist OR psychologist OR psychotherapist OR therapist)
AND
(Exercise OR “physical activity” OR “physical exercise” OR “physical therapy”)
(“mental health” OR “mental illness” OR depression OR “mood disorder”)
381
AND
(clinician OR doctor OR “health personnel” OR “health professional” OR “health professionals” OR nurse OR practitioner OR psychiatrist OR psychologist OR psychotherapist OR therapist)
AND
(Exercise OR “physical activity” OR “physical exercise” OR “physical therapy”)
AND
(attitude OR barrier OR obstacle)
Limiters
Scholarly (peer reviewed) journals; 2005–2023; English
PubMed
(“mental health” OR “mental illness” OR depression OR “mood disorder”)
806
AND
(clinician OR doctor OR “health personnel” OR “health professional” OR “health professionals” OR nurse OR practitioner OR psychiatrist OR psychologist OR psychotherapist OR therapist)
AND
(Exercise OR “physical activity” OR “physical exercise” OR “physical therapy”)
