Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Physical Activity and Associated Technology Use in Persons With Multiple Sclerosis: An International RIMS-SIG Mobility Survey Study

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11110/22:10450538

Result on the web

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=~GP0m2-xOQ" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=~GP0m2-xOQ</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2022.06.001" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.apmr.2022.06.001</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Physical Activity and Associated Technology Use in Persons With Multiple Sclerosis: An International RIMS-SIG Mobility Survey Study

Original language description

Objective: To investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on physical activity in persons with multiple sclerosis (PwMS).Design: Multicenter international online survey study.Setting: The survey was conducted within 11 participating countries. Each country launched the survey using online platforms from May to July 2021.Participants: This was an electronic survey study targeting PwMS (N=3725).Intervention: Not applicable.Main Outcome Measures: The survey ascertained physical activity performance and its intensity, the nature of the activities conducted, and the use of technology to support home-based physical activity before and during the pandemic. Results: A total of 3725 respondents completed the survey. Prepandemic, the majority (83%) of respondents reported being physically active, and this decreased to 75% during the pandemic. This change was significant for moderate-and high-intensity activity (P&lt;.0001). Activities carried out in physiotherapy centers, gyms, or pools decreased the most. Walking was the most frequently performed activity prepandemic (27%) and increased during the pandemic (33%). A total of 24% of those inactive during the pandemic had no intention of changing their physical activity behavior post pandemic. A total of 58% of the respondents did not use technology to support physical activity during the pandemic. Of those who did use technology, wearables were most used (24%). Of those currently nonactive (25%) expressed a preference for an in-person format to con-duct physical activity post pandemic.Conclusions: Physical activity performance, especially activities at moderate and high intensities, decreased during the pandemic in PwMS com-pared with prepandemic. Walking and using wearables gained popularity as ways to stay active. As we move toward an endemic COVID-19, a call for action to develop interventions focused on walking programs with specific emphasis on increasing physical activity of PwMS is proposed.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30103 - Neurosciences (including psychophysiology)

Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

ISSN

0003-9993

e-ISSN

1532-821X

Volume of the periodical

103

Issue of the periodical within the volume

10

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

2009-2015

UT code for WoS article

000867475200014

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85136301007