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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Cuperus, Nienke
• Hoogeboom, Thomas J
• Neijland, Yvette
• van den Ende, Cornelia HM
• Keijsers, Noël LW

Titel

Are people with rheumatoid arthritis who undertake activity pacing at risk of being too physically inactive?

Ist Teil von

• Clinical rehabilitation, 2012-11, Vol.26 (11), p.1048-1052

Ort / Verlag

London, England: SAGE Publications

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

Quelle

Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Objective: To gain insight into the relationship between activity pacing and physical inactivity. Design: A cross-sectional study. Setting: Outpatient clinic of a rheumatology department. Subjects: Men and women diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis Main measures: Physical activity was assessed using self-reported measures and an accelerometer-based activity monitor. An occupational therapist and specialized nurse analysed the self-reported physical activity data and classified on the basis of consensus the pacing of activities of all patients as ‘adequate’ or ‘not adequate’. Results: Thirty rheumatoid arthritis patients participated in this study of whom nine were categorized as adequate activity pacers. None of these nine undertook sufficient exercise whereas 6 of the 20 people who did not pace activity appropriately did. Physical activity levels assessed by self-reported measures were significantly higher than when assessed by an accelerometer-based activity monitor. Conclusions: Activity pacing was associated with lower levels of physical activity. Since patients with rheumatoid arthritis are already at risk for inactivity, further inactivation by activity pacing might potentially be harmful.