Physical activity behavior in older women with rheumatoid arthritis

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• Personal Author:
  Chang RW ; Semanik P ; Sinacore J ; Wilbur J
• Description:
  OBJECTIVE: To identify physical activity behaviors of older (>/=60 years) women with rheumatoid arthritis, and to determine if physical activity behavior differed by demographic characteristics or disease duration. METHODS: Cognitively intact, ambulatory women with rheumatoid arthritis seen at an urban university arthritis center (n = 185) responded to a survey that included demographics, number of years since RA diagnosis, and physical activity assessed with the Yale Physical Activity Survey. RESULTS: Participants had a mean age of 70 years and a mean disease duration of 17.6 years. Mean total of physical activity, including low-, moderate-, and high-intensity activity, was 23 hours/week, with 47 different physical activities identified. Housework comprised 67% of total physical activity time, whereas leisure activities and planned exercise comprised only 15% and 10%, respectively. Sixty percent of the women reported participation in some type of vigorous activity, and 88% reported they had done leisure walking in the past month. Age was negatively associated with scores on the activity summary index (r = -0.195, P < 0.01), and there was a significant difference on the activity summary index by employment status, with women in the work force (n = 47) and those involved in housekeeping (n = 105) scoring significantly higher (P = 0.003) than the women (n = 33) who described themselves as retired (F = 7.81, 2 degrees of freedom, P = 0.001). CONCLUSION: Older women with rheumatoid arthritis may participate in a broader array of physical activities than previously assumed, and could benefit from increasing the proportion of moderate or vigorous activity incorporated into their daily routines. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aging Behavior Demography Epidemiology Occupational Health Safety Women
• Keywords:
  Age-groups Author Keywords: Physical Activity Demographic-characteristics Humans Occupations Physical-exercise Physiological-function Physiopathology Rheumatoid-disorders Rheumatoid Arthritis Statistical-analysis

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• ISSN:
  0004-3591
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  246-252
• Volume:
  51
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039563
• Citation:
  Arthritis Rheum 2004 Apr; 51(2):246-252
• Contact Point Address:
  Pamela Semanik, PhD, APN, 345 East Superior, Suite 908, Chicago, IL 60611
• Email:
  pseman1@uic.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Performing Organization:
  University of Illinois at Chicago
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Arthritis and Rheumatism
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/192756/cdc_192756_DS1.pdf
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