Positiva orsaksnätverk för utförandet av fysisk aktivitet hos personer med långvarig smärta

Sammanfattning: Background: Physical activity (PA) can impact chronic pain positively but it can be affected by both facilitating and hindering, e.g. motivation and self-efficacy (S-E).  Aim: Through self-rated causal networks the study explored which factors adults with chronic pain rated as facilitating for PA, their PA level and which types of physical activities they engaged in. Relationships were investigated between S-E and PA and whether the causal networks differed between participants who met the recommendations for PA or not.   Method: A comparative, correlating and descriptive pilot-study with a cross-sectional design was used and conducted via online questionnaires using Perceived Causal Networks. Results: There were two common items, Conditions and Thoughts about pain, that significantly facilitated the engagement in both intended exercise and everyday exercise. As everyday exercise the respondents mostly engaged in walks, household- and gardening chores and stair climbing. For intended exercise they mostly did walks, home exercise and swimming/water gymnastics. The majority of respondents (52%) had a self-rated PA-level that corresponded to a “higher level”. No difference emerged when comparing facilitating factors between those who met the recommendations for PA and those who didn´t. There were moderate correlations between S-E and activity minutes (r=0.443, p=0.002) as well as S-E and intended exercise (r=0.418, p=0.003). There was no statistically significant correlation between S-E and everyday PA (r=0.257, p=0.078).  Conclusion: Although there was a correlation between S-E and activity minutes and physical exercise, further research is required on the subject in order to increase knowledge about facilitating factors for PA in people with chronic pain.