‘The illness isn’t the end of the road’—Patient perspectives on the initiation of and early participation in a multi-disease, community-based exercise programme

• Joanne Regan-Moriarty ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: joanne.regan@atu.ie (JRM); niall.moyna@dcu.ie (NM)

  Affiliation Department of Health and Nutritional Science, Atlantic Technological University, Sligo, Ireland

  https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8881-6913

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• Sarah Hardcastle,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Academy of Sport and Physical Activity, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, United Kingdom

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• Maire McCallion,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health and Nutritional Science, Atlantic Technological University, Sligo, Ireland

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• Azura Youell,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health and Nutritional Science, Atlantic Technological University, Sligo, Ireland

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• Audrey Collery,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Primary Care, Health Service Executive, Sligo, Ireland

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• Andrew McCarren,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Computing, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland

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• Niall Moyna ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: joanne.regan@atu.ie (JRM); niall.moyna@dcu.ie (NM)

  Affiliation School of Health and Human Performance, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1061-8528

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• Brona Kehoe

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Sport and Exercise Science, South East Technological University, Waterford, Ireland

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