Sjögren's disease & overlap diseases
Physical activity in patients with Sjögren’s disease: Compliance with World Health Organization recommendations and relationship with health-related quality of life
Authors' conclusion
Almost all patients with SjD performed aerobic PA, but patients could integrate more muscle strengthening and functional balance activities according to the WHO PA recommendations. Higher levels of PA were significantly associated with better HR-QoL.
Study context
- Population
- Consecutive patients with Sjögren's disease (SjD) from the RESULT cohort
- Participants
- 245 patients
- Outcome
- Types of PA, compliance with World Health Organization (WHO) PA recommendations (mSQUASH) and association of PA levels with health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) (SF-36 domains)
Methodological detailsconsecutive patients, linear regression
- Consecutive patients
- Linear regression
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Compliance with WHO PA recommendation components
- Fulfilled aerobic physical activity (PA) component (≥150 min)
- 92 %
- Fulfilled muscle strengthening component (≥2 times/week)
- 31 %
- Fulfilled functional balance component (≥3 times/week)
- 7 %
- Association of mSQUASH scores with SF-36 physical functioning, R2
- 0.19
- Association of mSQUASH scores with SF-36 role limitations due to physical health, R2
- 0.17
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Types of PA reported
%
- Household activities
- 91
- Walking
- 88
- Cycling
- 62
- Sports and exercise (most often fitness, physiotherapy/sport, group lessons, swimming and yoga)
- 55
Original publication
Physical activity in patients with Sjögren’s disease: Compliance with World Health Organization recommendations and relationship with health-related quality of life. Semin Arthritis Rheum. Published 28 August 2025. doi:10.
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