Physical Activity in Individuals Newly Diagnosed With Multiple Sclerosis Through the Lens of the COM-B Model.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physical activity (PA) is a promising intervention for disease modification and symptom management in multiple sclerosis (MS); however, there is a lack of research focusing on PA behavior change interventions for persons newly diagnosed with MS. Such PA behavior change interventions should be developed based on a strong empirical foundation of understanding the behavior and its determinants (ie, what to target for changes to occur). To that end, this qualitative study examined factors explaining PA in persons newly diagnosed with MS and identified potential targets for future behavior change intervention development based on the Capability-Opportunity-Motivation-Behavior (COM-B) model.

Methods

Twenty individuals diagnosed with MS within the past 2 years underwent

SUBMITTER: Huynh TLT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10930808 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature