Perceptions of digitally supported home exercise for people with Parkinson's disease: A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Digitally supported home exercise offers the potential to expand accessibility to rehabilitation. However, little is known about how people with Parkinson's disease experience performing home exercise programs using digital delivery.

Objective

To explore and describe how people with Parkinson's disease perceive digital home-based exercise that is not supported in real-time, and how it affected their everyday lives.

Methods

This study was qualitative in nature, using qualitative content analysis with an inductive approach. In-depth, individual, semi-structured interviews were held with 14 participants with Parkinson's disease.

Results

Two overarching themes were formed: "Active agency in the face of uncertainty" and "The home - safe space or disabilit

SUBMITTER: Sedhed J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11846265 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature