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Predictors of Adherence to a Falls Prevention Exercise Program for People with Parkinson's Disease.


ABSTRACT: Background:Long-term benefits of exercise for people with Parkinson's disease (PD) require regular and sustained participation. This study aimed to investigate predictors of adherence to a minimally supervised exercise program designed to reduce falls in people with PD. Method:People with idiopathic PD who participated in the exercise arm of a randomized, controlled trial were included. Exercises were prescribed three times per week for 6 months. Adherence was defined as the percentage of prescribed sessions participants reported as having undertaken. Potential predictors of adherence included baseline measures of demographic variables, disease severity and duration, falls and fear of falling, pain, self-reported health and quality of life, cognition, physical activity levels, freezing of gait, functional mobility and balance, and knee extensor strength. Results:The 108 participants included undertook a mean of 72% (standard deviation: 38%) of prescribed sessions. Participants had higher levels of adherence if they had shorter disease duration, less bodily pain, and better self-reported health and quality of life. A multivariate model (including disease duration, severity of bodily pain, self-reported physical well-being, the Frontal Assessment Battery, the Short Physical Performance Battery, and maximum walking time) explained 9% of the variance in exercise adherence, with shorter disease duration and less pain the strongest predictors (both predictors standardized ? = -0.2; P = 0.04). Conclusion:Disease duration and pain are likely to negatively influence exercise participation in people with PD. Given that most of the variance in adherence is unexplained, further work is required to determine other predictors of adherence to long-term exercise programs.

SUBMITTER: Allen NE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6178659 | biostudies-other | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Predictors of Adherence to a Falls Prevention Exercise Program for People with Parkinson's Disease.

Allen Natalie E NE   Song Jooeun J   Paul Serene S SS   Sherrington Catherine C   Murray Susan M SM   O'Rourke Sandra D SD   Lord Stephen R SR   Fung Victor S C VSC   Close Jacqueline C T JCT   Howard Kirsten K   Canning Colleen G CG  

Movement disorders clinical practice 20150630 4


<h4>Background</h4>Long-term benefits of exercise for people with Parkinson's disease (PD) require regular and sustained participation. This study aimed to investigate predictors of adherence to a minimally supervised exercise program designed to reduce falls in people with PD.<h4>Method</h4>People with idiopathic PD who participated in the exercise arm of a randomized, controlled trial were included. Exercises were prescribed three times per week for 6 months. Adherence was defined as the perce  ...[more]

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