Trial reportBMC musculoskeletal disorders2021
Influence of perceived barriers and facilitators for physical activity on physical activity levels in patients with rheumatoid arthritis or spondyloarthritis: a cross-sectional study of 150 patients.
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Impact of Barriers and Facilitators to Physical Activity in Patients With Inflammatory Arthritis and Link With Physical Activity Collected by Mobile Phone Apps: a Cross-sectional Study
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Investigation of factors affecting exercise perception in women with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study.Rheumatology international · 2026Article
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- Understanding physical activity participation in people living with rheumatoid arthritis.Rheumatology advances in practice · 2026Article
- Facilitators and Barriers to Physical Activity for Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis and Axial Spondyloarthritis.International journal of rheumatic diseases · 2025Article
- Enhancing chronic disease management through physical activity and pedometry-based health monitoring.Rheumatology international · 2024Review
- Living with axial spondyloarthritis: a cross-sectional survey of patient knowledge and perceptions.Rheumatology international · 2024Article
- Twenty-four hour physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep profiles in adults living with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional latent class analysis.Journal of activity, sedentary and sleep behaviors · 2024Article
- Barriers and facilitators for physical activity in rheumatic and musculoskeletal disease: a European-based survey.Clinical rheumatology · 2023Article
- Persons with rheumatoid arthritis have higher barriers to physical activity than controls: a cross-sectional study using the Facilitators and Barriers to Physical Activity Questionnaire (FasBarPAQ).Rheumatology international · 2023Article
- The challenges of measuring physical activity and sedentary behaviour in people with rheumatoid arthritis.Rheumatology advances in practice · 2023Review
- The challenge of exercise (non-)adherence: a scoping review of methods and techniques applied to improve adherence to physical activity and exercise in people with inflammatory arthritis.Rheumatology advances in practice · 2023Article
- Barriers and facilitators to physical activity in people with an inflammatory joint disease: a mixed methods study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundBarriers and facilitators to physical activity in inflammatory arthritis can be assessed through the Inflammatory arthritis FAcilitators and Barriers (IFAB) questionnaire. The objective was to measure the correlation between IFAB and self-reported physical activity levels.
methodsThis was an international, multicentric, cross-sectional study in 2019-20. Consecutive spondyloarthritis (axSpA), rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients completed the 10-item IFAB, which ranges from - 70 to 70 with lower scores indicating more barriers. Physical activity was measured by the IPAQ-S questionnaire, steps per day collected by smartphone, and psychological readiness to change by stages of behaviour change. Spearman correlations and multivariable linear regression were calculated.
resultsOf 245 patients included, 150 were analysed: 69 (46%) axSpA, 63 (42%) RA, 18 (12%) PsA. Mean age was 48.6 years (standard deviation, SD 17.1), mean disease duration 11.7 (10.1) years and 60% were women. Barriers to physical activity were moderate: mean IFAB, 6 (SD 19.2); 39 (26%) patients scored less than - 5, corresponding to significant barriers. The mean physical activity was 2837 (SD 2668, median 1784) MET-minutes per week. The IPAQ-S questionnaire was correlated with the IFAB (rho 0.28, p < 0.001), as well as the stage of behaviour change (rho 0.35, p < 0.001) though not with steps per day. Multivariable analyses were confirmatory.
conclusionPerceived barriers and facilitators to physical activity were correlated with physical activity, indicating that targeting patients with high barriers and low facilitators to physical activity could be an effective option to improve physical activity levels.
trial registrationClinicalTrial NCT04426747 . Registered 11 June 2020 - Retrospectively registered.
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