Characteristics of participants and decliners from a randomized controlled trial on physical activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a retrospective register-based cross-sectional study
Authors' conclusion
Patients with RA who are less educated and with certain types of comorbidity are less motivated to participate in a physical activity intervention.
Study context
- Population
- Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) invited to the Joint Resources - Sedentary Behaviour (JR-SB) RCT on sedentary behaviour and light-intensity physical activity, identified in DANBIO467 (58%) declined
- Exposure
- Participants vs non-participants invited to the JR-SB RCT
- Non-participantsn = 467reference
- Outcome
- Sociodemographic, clinical and lifestyle characteristics associated with participation in the JR-SB study
Methodological detailsretrospective, register-based, DANBIO registry and national registers, logistic regression adjusted for confounders
- Retrospective
- Register-based
- DANBIO registry and national registers
- Logistic regression adjusted for confounders
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Sociodemographic, clinical and lifestyle factors in participants vs non-participants, and their association with participation
Declined participation in the JR-SB study
467
58%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Characteristics of participants and decliners from a randomized controlled trial on physical activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a retrospective register-based cross-sectional study. Scand J Rheumatol. Published 2 November 2021. doi:10.
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