Proof of concept of prehabilitation: a combination of education and behavioural change, to promote physical activity in people with fibromyalgia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To establish proof of concept of a prehabilitation intervention, a combination of education and behavioural change, preceding a physical activity programme in people with fibromyalgia (FM).

Settings

Open-label, feasibility clinical trial.

Participants

Eleven people with FM (10 women).

Interventions

The prehabilitation intervention consisted of 4 weeks, 1 weekly session (~1 to 1.5 hours), aimed to increase self-efficacy and understand why and how to engage in a gentle and self-paced physical activity programme (6 weeks of walking with telephone support).

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Primary outcome was the acceptability and credibility of the intervention by means of the Credibility/Expectancy Questionnaire. Secondary outcomes compris

SUBMITTER: Courel-Ibanez J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10351288 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature