Survey of Barriers to Exercise for Women with Arthritis

[Guest guest]

My name is Fuller and I am the project coordinator for a research project

entitled

T.A.M.E. (Tempering Arthritis by Managing Exercise). Dr. Gyrucsik who is a

professor at the University of Saskatchewan is leading this project. We are

looking for

participants to be in a study to look at what stops women with all forms of

arthritis from

being physically active.

Who can participate?

Any woman aged 21 and over who has been diagnosed with arthritis by a doctor and

lives

in Canada can participate in the study.

How can I participate?

To participate, you will need to complete a survey. The survey will ask you a

number of

questions about what keeps or doesn't keep you from exercising? ALL PARTICIPANTS

AND

THEIR ANSWERS WILL BE ANONYMOUS!

How can I do the survey?

To participate go online to www.tamearthritis.net and fill out the survey.

Please complete

the survey in one sitting and do not hit the Browser back button. The survey

should take

15-20 minutes to complete.

How will the information from the survey be used?

Results will be used to create a measure of barriers to physical activity for

women with

arthritis. The measure will then help us identify the barriers that prevent

activity the most.

Knowing this will help with designing better programs to help women better deal

with

barriers, be active and manage their arthritis.

This Project is important and we would appreciate your help.

1) Regular physical activity participation is a key strategy to help women

cope with this

incurable disease. Regular physical activity has been found to help women with

arthritis

feel better, physically, mentally and emotionally.

2) 75% of people with arthritis do not participate in regular physical

activity.

If you would like more information about this study please feel free to contact

me at

tame@.... Feel free to forward this email to friends or relatives who are

affected by any form of arthritis. The more participants we can get for this

study the better

our information will be.

Thank you for your time,

Fuller

TAME Project Coordinator

College of Kinesiology

University of Saskatchewan

87 Campus Drive

Saskatoon, SK

Canada

S7N 5B2

Phone: (306) 966-1075

Fax: (306) 966-6464