Exploring Attitudes and Experiences of People With Knee Osteoarthritis Toward a Self-Directed eHealth Intervention to Support Exercise: Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a highly prevalent and debilitating condition. Exercise is a recommended treatment because of its effectiveness at improving pain and function. However, exercise is underutilized in OA management. Difficulty accessing health care has been identified as a key barrier to exercise uptake. Innovative and scalable methods of delivering exercise treatments to people with knee OA are needed. We developed a self-directed eHealth intervention to enable and encourage exercise participation. The effectiveness of this intervention on pain and function in people with knee OA is being evaluated in a randomized clinical trial.

Objective

This study aimed to explore the attitudes and experiences of people with knee OA who accessed the self-directed eHea

SUBMITTER: Nelligan RK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7728537 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature