Listening to the patients' voice: a conceptual framework of the walking experience.

ABSTRACT:

Background

walking is crucial for an active and healthy ageing, but the perspectives of individuals living with walking impairment are still poorly understood.

Objectives

to identify and synthesise evidence describing walking as experienced by adults living with mobility-impairing health conditions and to propose an empirical conceptual framework of walking experience.

Methods

we performed a systematic review and meta-ethnography of qualitative evidence, searching seven electronic databases for records that explored personal experiences of walking in individuals living with conditions of diverse aetiology. Conditions included Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hip fracture, heart failure, frailty and sarcopenia. Data were e

SUBMITTER: Delgado-Ortiz L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9894103 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature