NCT05996692

Evaluation of Adherence of Women With Fibromyalgia to Walking Prescriptions

Evaluation of Adherence of Women With Fibromyalgia to Walking Prescriptions: a Cross-sectional Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: Gaziler Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Education and Research Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Although there are many studies evaluating adherence to supervised walking programs in patients with fibromyalgia (FM), there are limited studies evaluating adherence to unsupervised walking programs.

Detailed description

Although there are many studies evaluating adherence to supervised walking programs in patients with fibromyalgia (FM), there are limited studies evaluating adherence to unsupervised walking programs. Purposes of this study were (1) to assess whether walking as exercise was prescribed by their physiatrist in Turkish women with FM who received pharmacological therapy, (2) to illustrate the frequency of patients who walk regularly as exercise, (3) to clinically compare patients who walk regularly as exercise and those who do not, and (4) to determine factors related to adherence to walking prescriptions.

Conditions

• Fibromyalgia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Evaluation of adherence to walking prescriptions	Adherence to walking prescriptions was evaluated according to a specific criterion (walking at least 30 min, in bouts of 15 min, with a small rest between bouts, twice a week, over a minimum of six consecutive weeks) based on previous recommendations.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-03-01
• Primary completion: 2023-06-01
• Completion: 2023-06-01
• First posted: 2023-08-18
• Last updated: 2023-08-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)