ArticleHealth expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2017
Multiple sclerosis patients need and want information on exercise promotion from healthcare providers: a qualitative study.
Article in Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03736902 (Attitudes, Barriers and Facilitators to Physical Activity in People With Multiple Sclerosis Following a Relapse), which is not on this map. Cited by 32 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Attitudes, Barriers and Facilitators to Physical Activity in People With Multiple Sclerosis Following a Relapse
Who cites it
32 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Factors influencing adherence to Physical Exercise in patients with multiple sclerosis: a systematic review focusing on Exercise over General Physical Activity.Acta neurologica Belgica · 2025Pooled it
- Building a learning health care community in rural and remote areas: a systematic review.BMC health services research · 2024Pooled it
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- Facilitators and barriers to exercise in autoimmune myasthenia gravis: A cross-sectional survey study.Journal of neuromuscular diseases · 2026Article
- Implementing Co-innovation to Develop an Accessible, Web-Based Exercise Program for People with Multiple Sclerosis.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2026Article
- Scaling up an Evidence-Based Exercise Intervention for Wide-Scale Implementation: A Conceptual Roadmap Using the PRACTIS Framework.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Instrumented Timed Up and Go Test as a Tool to Early Detection of Gait and Functional Mobility Impairments in Multiple Sclerosis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
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- Increasing Physical Activity via Provider Support and Engagement Using a Digital Health Platform in Adults With Multiple Sclerosis: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Evaluation of a Theoretical and Experiential Training Programme for Allied Healthcare Providers to Prescribe Exercise Among Persons with Multiple Sclerosis: A Co-Designed Effectiveness-Implementation Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- The role of different health information sources in moderating the impact of health literacy on health-related quality of life: evidence from a population-based study in Korea.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Exploring the Perspectives of Healthcare Consumers Towards the Integration of Nutrition in Routine Multiple Sclerosis Care: A Qualitative Study.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2025Article
- Qualitative Exploration of a Tele-exercise Program to Inform the Design of Adaptive Intervention Strategies for Adults With Multiple Sclerosis.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2025Article
- Physical Activity in Multiple Sclerosis: Real-World Data From Saskatchewan, Canada.International journal of MS care · 2025Article
- The MoXFo Initiative: Using consensus methodology to move forward towards internationally shared vocabulary in multiple sclerosis exercise research.Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) · 2023Article
- Acceptability of a digital health application to empower persons with multiple sclerosis with moderate to severe disability: single-arm prospective pilot study.BMC neurology · 2023Article
- Remotely Supervised Exercise Programmes to Improve Balance, Mobility, and Activity Among People with Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Description and Feasibility.Physiotherapy Canada. Physiotherapie Canada · 2023Article
- Interventions to Improve Quality of Life in Multiple Sclerosis: New Opportunities and Key Talking Points.Degenerative neurological and neuromuscular disease · 2023Review
- Perceived facilitators, needs, and barriers to health related quality of life in people with multiple sclerosis: a qualitative investigation.Journal of patient-reported outcomes · 2022Article
- Experiences of persons with Multiple Sclerosis with lifestyle adjustment-A qualitative interview study.PloS one · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere is growing recognition of the benefits and safety of exercise and its importance in the comprehensive care of persons with multiple sclerosis (MS), yet uptake is low.
objectiveWe explored the needs and wants of patients with MS regarding exercise promotion through healthcare providers. SETTING AND
participantsParticipants were adults with MS who had mild-or-moderate disability and a range of exercise levels. All participants lived in the Midwest of the United States.
methodsFifty semi-structured interviews were conducted and analysed using thematic analysis. Two themes emerged, namely interactions between patients and healthcare providers and needs and wants of patients.
resultsAnalysis of participant accounts illustrate that current exercise promotion by healthcare providers does not meet patient needs and wants. The identified needs and wants of persons with MS involved (i) information and knowledge on the benefits of exercise and exercise prescription, (ii) materials to allow home and community exercise and (iii) tools for initiating and maintaining exercise behaviour. DISCUSSION AND
conclusionPatients with MS frequently interact with healthcare providers and are generally unsatisfied with exercise promotion during interactions. Healthcare providers can address the low uptake of exercise among persons with MS by acting upon the identified unmet needs involving materials, knowledge and behaviour change strategies for exercise.
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