There has been varied success of behaviour change interventions in promoting physical activity behaviour in people who have RA .
Research has shown that people who have rheumatoid arthritis ( RA ) do not usually participate in enough physical activity to obtain the benefits of optimal physical activity levels , including quality of life , aerobic fitness and disease-related characteristics .
Behaviour change theory underpins the promotion of physical activity .
The aim of this systematic review was to explore behaviour change interventions which targeted physical activity behaviour in people who have RA , focusing on the theory underpinning the interventions and the behaviour change techniques utilised using specific behaviour change taxonomy .
The prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis in the United Kingdom: new estimates for a new century.
BACKGROUND It is 40 yr since the last age- and sex-specific estimates of the prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis ( RA ) for the UK were published . Since then the classification criteria for RA have been revised and there has been evidence of a fall in the incidence of RA , especially in women . OBJECTIVES To estimate the age- and sex-specific point prevalence of RA ( defined as fulfilment of a modification of the 1987 ACR classification criteria for RA on the day of assessment ) . The estimate was made in the primary care setting in Norfolk , UK . METHODS A stratified r and om sample was drawn from seven age and gender b and s. The 7050 individuals selected were mailed a screening question naire . Positive responders were invited to attend for a clinical examination . The sample was matched against the names in the Norfolk Arthritis Register ( NOAR ) , a register of incident cases of inflammatory polyarthritis which has been in existence since 1990 . RESULTS The overall response rate was 82 % . Sixty-six cases of RA were identified . Extrapolated to the population of the UK , the overall minimum prevalence of RA is 1.16 % in women and 0.44 % in men . A number of incident cases of RA previously notified to NOAR were not identified as cases in the survey because they had entered into treatment-induced remission . In addition , some cases who failed to attend for examination had significant disability . These prevalence figures are therefore an underestimate . CONCLUSIONS The prevalence of RA in women , but not in men , in the UK may have fallen since the 1950s
There has been varied success of behaviour change interventions in promoting physical activity behaviour in people who have RA .
Research has shown that people who have rheumatoid arthritis ( RA ) do not usually participate in enough physical activity to obtain the benefits of optimal physical activity levels , including quality of life , aerobic fitness and disease-related characteristics .
Behaviour change theory underpins the promotion of physical activity .
The aim of this systematic review was to explore behaviour change interventions which targeted physical activity behaviour in people who have RA , focusing on the theory underpinning the interventions and the behaviour change techniques utilised using specific behaviour change taxonomy .