Can Physical Activity Support Grief Outcomes in Individuals Who Have Been Bereaved? A Systematic Review

Sports Medicine - Open

Table 1 Eligibility criteria based on PICOS study characteristics and search terms

Concept	Search terms
Population	MeSH Terms: Bereavement, grief
Population	Free text terms: Parental death, spousal death, sibling death, family death, child death, stillbirth
Intervention	MeSH Terms: Exercise, sport
Intervention	Free text terms: physical activit*, sport, exercise, outdoor physical activity, adventure therapy
Comparison	None specified
Outcomes	MeSH Terms: Anxiety, depression, guilt, loneliness, suicide, substance related disorders, insomnia
Outcomes	Free text terms: anxiety, depress, guilt, anger, loneliness, post-traumatic stress, self-esteem, suicid, well-being, resilience, substance use, substance related disorder, emotional eating, isolation, insomnia, self-harm, concentration, quality of life, life satisfaction
Study Design	None specified