Prehabilitation for Being Active. A Feasibility Study in Fibromyalgia

The 4-week prehabilitation educational programme will consist of a meeting for one session (approximately 1 - 1.5 hours) per week. This behavioural change programme will involve a mixture of interactive and didactic sessions, facilitated by a physiotherapist, psychologists, and other health professionals. The purpose of the initial prehabilitation programme is to gain participant 'buy-in' to the programme, to assist participants engage with exercise, to help participants overcome barriers to exercise and improve self-efficacy for exercise. The prehabilitation phase will also enable participants to understand why and how to perform gentle self-paced exercise. After the prehabilitation programme, participants will be advised to engage in a 6-week gentle self-paced walking programme; i.e., a simple pedometer-driven walking programme with weekly telephone support.