Health care workers’ experiences of exercise in forensic psychiatry: a qualitative focus group study
This study contribute to the understanding of the role that health care workers could play about supporting exercise for patients with severe psychiatric illness. The participants identified organizational and intrapersonal barriers to patients' opportunities and abilities to perform physical activity and exercise.
Authors
- Thomas Nilsson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7771-3696)
- Peter Andiné (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6748-9619)
- Roland Thomeé (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2801-5373)
- Henrik Bergman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3574-4547)
- Alessio Degl’ Innocenti
- Annelie Gutke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3484-9769)
- Helle Wijk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2396-6505)
Institutions
- Swedish National Board of Forensic Medicine (SE)
- Sahlgrenska University Hospital (SE)
- Region Västra Götaland (SE)
- Chalmers University of Technology (SE)
- University of Gothenburg (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being
- Published
- 2025-11-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2025.2586877
- Primary Topic
- Physical Activity and Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00