Journal article
Exercise participation and promotion in the multiple sclerosis community; perspectives across varying socio-ecological levels
Disability and Rehabilitation, Latest Article
2020
Abstract
Purpose: We undertook a qualitative study that explored exercise participation and exercise promotion in the multiple sclerosis (MS) community who live in regional or remote areas of Australia. By simultaneously gathering views from persons with MS, carers, healthcare providers and healthcare managers we aimed to gather unique perspectives which represented views from across socio-ecological levels of MS healthcare.
Methods: We used interpretive description methodology, and conducted semi-structured interviews or focus groups with people with MS (n = 28), carers (n = 8), healthcare providers (n = 12) and managers/supervisors of MS healthcare systems (n = 16). Data were analysed using thematic analysis.
Results: We identified three themes with 10 subthemes. The first theme was "Factors associated with exercise engagement" for the people with MS, from individual, interpersonal, organisational and community/public policy perspectives. The second theme was "Factors influencing the MS community’s promotion of exercise" focusing on carers, healthcare providers and healthcare systems. The third theme was "Motivators to increase exercise promotion" which should be delivered by the MS community across varying socio-ecological levels of healthcare to encourage exercise participation.
Conclusion: We identified new evidence on the factors which influence the MS community's promotion of exercise and we now better understand that training on exercise should be provided to the wider MS community, and exercise services should be considered locally and perhaps delivered via teleheath.
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- Title
- Exercise participation and promotion in the multiple sclerosis community; perspectives across varying socio-ecological levels
- Authors/Creators
- Y.C. Learmonth (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityZ. Chan (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityH. Correia (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityD. Hathorn (Author/Creator) - Multiple Sclerosis Western Australia, Wilson, WA, Australia.A. Kermode (Author/Creator) - Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational ScienceC. Smith (Author/Creator) - University of OtagoD. Walker (Author/Creator) - The University of Western Australia
- Publication Details
- Disability and Rehabilitation, Latest Article
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Identifiers
- 991005543211707891
- Copyright
- © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
- Murdoch Affiliation
- College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education; Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
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- Citation topics
- 1 Clinical & Life Sciences
- 1.203 Neuromuscular Disorders
- 1.203.147 Multiple Sclerosis
- Web Of Science research areas
- Rehabilitation
- ESI research areas
- Social Sciences, general