experienced the feeling of mastery/failure.
If anything: What was challenging? What would
you prefer to have been done differently? What
did you enjoy?
What was the value of participating in the
indoor exercise group beforehand?
How did you experience this kind of exercise
intervention compared to other type of exercise
you may have experience with?
The role of the physiotherapists What did the physiotherapists do? What was
the value of this to you?
The group setting How did you experience the group setting?
How did you perceive the atmosphere in the
group?
The outdoor environment How was it to exercise outdoors?
How did you perceive the city park
environment for exercise?
Closing questions Are there any experiences from participation
that you would like to elaborate on? Is anything
related to this project that we have not talked
about that you would like to say?
How did you experience this interview?
Overall participants were asked to describe situations to exemplify their answers,
and follow-up questions were used to capture in-depth reﬂections, for example,
What was positive/negative?, How did it feel?, What do you think of that?, What
does it mean to you?, Can you elaborate on that?.
TABLE 3 Participant demographic information.
Variable Total ( n = 15)
Age in years Mean 47.6 (SD 6.04)
Gender (women/men) 12 woman/3 men (80%/20%)
Type of MS Relapsing remitting 15 (100%)
EDSS Mean 1.8 (SD 0.9)
Years since diagnosis Mean 10.4 (SD 7.8)
Participation in the outdoor group Mean 4.6 sessions/total mean attendance 57.3%
Dahl et al. 10.3389/fresc.2024.1303094
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