ArticleRheumatology international2016
Prevalence and predictors of unsupervised walking and physical activity in a community population of women with fibromyalgia.
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- Differences in Fibromyalgia Characteristics by Mode of Commute and Age in Women: The Al-Ándalus Project.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Sedentary Behavior and Pain after Physical Activity in Women with Fibromyalgia-The Influence of Pain-Avoidance Goals and Catastrophizing.Biomedicines · 2023Article
- Effects of Walking as Physical Exercise on Functional Limitation through Pain in Patients with Fibromyalgia-How Does Catastrophic Thinking Contribute?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Predicting Adherence to Walking from Anxiety, Depression, Disease Impact, Catastrophizing, and Cognitive Fusion in Patients with Fibromyalgia: Does Pain Severity Matter?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Exploring the Relationship between Fibromyalgia-Related Fatigue, Physical Activity, and Quality of Life.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Role of Walking in the Relationship between Catastrophizing and Fatigue in Women with Fibromyalgia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Assessing Walking Programs in Fibromyalgia: A Concordance Study between Measures.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Pain-Related Worrying and Goal Preferences Determine Walking Persistence in Women with Fibromyalgia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Do Cognitive Abilities Influence Physical and Mental Fatigue in Patients with Chronic Pain after Walking According to a Clinical Guideline for Physical Exercise?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Motivational Determinants of Objective Physical Activity in Women with Fibromyalgia Who Attended Rehabilitation Settings.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Why do some people with severe chronic pain adhere to walking prescriptions whilst others won't? A cross-sectional study exploring clinical and psychosocial predictors in women with fibromyalgia.Rheumatology international · 2021Observational
- The 4 U's Rule of Fibromyalgia: A Proposed Model for Fatigue in a Sample of Women with Fibromyalgia: A Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Goal Preferences, Affect, Activity Patterns and Health Outcomes in Women With Fibromyalgia.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
- Dissociative features of fibromyalgia syndrome.Neurosciences (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) · 2017Article
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Abstract
Physical exercise is recognized as a component of the evidence-based guidelines for treatment of fibromyalgia. Walking is a low-moderate intensity exercise easily adaptable to a fibromyalgia patient's situation. The present study aims to estimate the prevalence of unsupervised walking for exercise in women with fibromyalgia, to describe their level of physical activity and to identify their predictors among socio-demographic, symptom perception and medical advice to walk. A cross-sectional survey with 920 women (all members of fibromyalgia associations) completed the International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form and self-reported scales to assess symptom perception, walking, medical advice to walk and physical comorbidity. The prevalence of reported walking regularly as physical exercise was 30.8 % and it was predicted by medical advice (odds ratio, OR 1.876), age (OR 1.021) and fatigue intensity (OR 0.912). The prevalence of physical activity was 16 % for high-intensity activity, 40 % for moderate activity and 44 % for low activity. Predictors of low versus moderate and high physical activity were pain intensity (OR 1.171) and fatigue impact perception (OR 1.076). Evidence shows a low percentage of women with fibromyalgia walking regularly for physical exercise. Most reported low or moderate physical activity. The results indicate the importance of doctors' advice in promoting walking. Symptom perception and socio-demographic characteristics were weak predictors. Further work is required to examine other determinants of these low levels.
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