Experiences of supervised high-intensity interval training-a motivator for exercise maintenance among patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a qualitative interview study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

High-intensity interval training (HIIT) has been shown to improve cardiovascular health and physical fitness in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, patient perspectives on this type of exercise remain insufficiently explored. The aim of this study was to describe experiences of supervised HIIT among patients with RA and to elucidate how patients maintain exercise on their own after completing the supervised intervention.

Design

A qualitative study based on semistructured in-depth individual interviews analysed using qualitative content analysis.

Participants

Patients were recruited from a multicentre randomised controlled trial in Western Sweden. Twenty patients (16 women) with RA who had participated in the high-intensity exercise programme fo

SUBMITTER: Limback G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12742093 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature