Evaluation of Adherence of Women With Fibromyalgia to Walking Prescriptions

Evaluation of Adherence of Women With Fibromyalgia to Walking Prescriptions: a Cross-sectional Study

Although there are many studies evaluating adherence to supervised walking programs in patients with fibromyalgia (FM), there are limited studies evaluating adherence to unsupervised walking programs.

Although there are many studies evaluating adherence to supervised walking programs in patients with fibromyalgia (FM), there are limited studies evaluating adherence to unsupervised walking programs.

Purposes of this study were (1) to assess whether walking as exercise was prescribed by their physiatrist in Turkish women with FM who received pharmacological therapy, (2) to illustrate the frequency of patients who walk regularly as exercise, (3) to clinically compare patients who walk regularly as exercise and those who do not, and (4) to determine factors related to adherence to walking prescriptions.

Inclusion Criteria:

• be between 18-70 years old
• female gender
• Pharmacological therapy has been recommended in the last 1 year

Exclusion Criteria:

• neurological disease or orthopedic problem presence that may be the reason of functional impairment
• neurological deficit presence