Characterizing Relationships Between Cognitive, Mental, and Physical Health and Physical Activity Levels in Persons With Multiple Sclerosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although persons with multiple sclerosis (MS) are encouraged to engage in physical activity, they are less active than the general population and experience poorer emotional/cognitive health, underscoring the need for increased understanding of the factors independently associated with exercise in MS.

Methods

Six hundred forty people with MS completed a detailed demographic survey, the Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire, and Quality of Life in Neurological Disorders short forms. The average number of weekly sessions of exercise was examined as a count, as a binary variable (a weekly minimum of 4 sessions of physical activity), and as an ordinal variable of being active using multivariable zero-inflated negative binomial, logistic, and ordered logistic regre

SUBMITTER: Tyszka EE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9461722 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature