Spondyloarthritis & psoriatic arthritis
From awareness to action: poor knowledge of physical activity correlates with lower activity and worse disease in axial spondyloarthritis
Authors' conclusion
Despite recognizing health benefits of PA, patients had limited awareness of PA recommendations and under-engaged in PA. This insufficient awareness correlated with lower activity and worse disease status.
Study context
- Population
- Chinese patients with radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (r-axSpA)
- Participants
- 151 patients
- Exposure
- Sedentary vs moderately active/active
- Outcome
- Awareness, implementation and factors influencing PA engagement, and their relationships with disease status
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Awareness of PA and PA engagement
- Aware of health benefits of physical activity (PA)
- 98.0%
- Physicians had recommended PA
- 97.4%
- Knew WHO recommendations on aerobic PA
- 33.8%
- Knew WHO recommendations on muscle-strengthening activities
- 33.1%
- Knew European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) recommendations for PA
- 55.6%
- Classified as active by daily steps
- 13.2%
- Individual exercise as the main form
- 62.3%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
| Outcome | P value |
|---|---|
| IFAB factors, sedentary vs moderately active/activeSedentary vs Moderately active/active · significant difference | P = 0.015 |
| IFAB factors, sedentary vs moderately active/activeSedentary vs Moderately active/active · significant difference | P = 0.045 |
Awareness of recommendations and disease activity, sedentary vs moderately active/active
- Sedentary showed significantly poorer awareness of recommendations and higher disease activity than moderately active/active
Correlation of awareness of EULAR recommendations with Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire (GLTEQ) score
- Positive correlation
- P = 0.003
- Spearman's correlation
Original publication
From awareness to action: poor knowledge of physical activity correlates with lower activity and worse disease in axial spondyloarthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford). Published 17 March 2025. doi:10.
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