title: Attitude towards physical activity in patients with multiple sclerosis: a cohort study.
abstract: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a long-lasting neurological disease with onset in young adult age. Patients with MS are less active than healthy people, and their sedentary lifestyle might lead to secondary diseases or worsening of symptoms, disability and quality of life. In the study, we evaluated the attitude of physical activity (PA) of a group of MS patients and the differences in practice PA before and after the diagnosis. A randomly recruited group of patients with MS fulfilled a questionnaire about their attitudes towards PA before the onset and after the diagnosis of the disease. Clinical and demographic data were recorded. Out of 118 patients, 37 % practiced PA only before the diagnosis, 9 % only after and 52 % during both periods. After the diagnosis, 64 % of participants noted some negative differences in PA, in particular less physical resistance and worsening of symptoms, and 38 % stopped PA. However, patients referred benefits from PA after diagnosis. Individual exercises rather than group activities were preferred after diagnosis. Only 26 % of patients knew that adapted PA existed and the differences between adapted PA and classic physiotherapy. We observed a reduction in the practice of PA in patients after the diagnosis of MS, in particular for disease-related reasons. Nevertheless, active patients referred benefits from PA. It is important to know the point of view of patients towards developing individualized training programs. In this way, it could be possible to achieve more benefits from PA and reduce the negative effects.
authors: Department of Public Health, Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Multiple Sclerosis Center, University of Cagliari, Via Is Guadazzonis, 2, 09126, Cagliari, Italy, jessicafrau@hotmail.it.
authors: Jessica
authors: J
authors: Frau
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Coghe
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Lorefice
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Fenu
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Cadeddu
authors: M G
authors: MG
authors: Marrosu
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Cocco
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome
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