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 .
Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality in Women Diagnosed With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background —Rheumatoid arthritis may be associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease . We compared the incidence rates of myocardial infa rct ion and stroke in subjects with and without rheumatoid arthritis . Methods and Results —A prospect i ve cohort study was conducted among the 114 342 women participating in the Nurses ’ Health Study who were free of cardiovascular disease and rheumatoid arthritis at baseline in 1976 . All self-reported cases of rheumatoid arthritis were confirmed by medical record review . Fatal and nonfatal myocardial infa rct ions and strokes were similarly confirmed . Multivariate pooled logistic regression was used to adjust for potential cardiovascular risk factors . Five hundred twenty-seven incident cases of rheumatoid arthritis and 3622 myocardial infa rct ions and strokes  were confirmed during 2.4 million person-years of follow-up . The adjusted relative risk of myocardial infa rct ion in women with rheumatoid arthritis compared with those without was 2.0 ( 95 % confidence interval [ CI ] , 1.23 to 3.29 ) . For stroke , the adjusted relative risk was 1.48 ( 95 % CI , 0.70 to 3.12 ) . Women who had rheumatoid arthritis for at least 10 years had a risk for myocardial infa rct ion of 3.10 ( 95 % CI , 1.64 to 5.87 ) . Conclusion —In this large prospect i ve cohort of women , participants with rheumatoid arthritis had a significantly increased risk of myocardial infa rct ion but not stroke compared with those without rheumatoid arthritis . If these data are confirmed , aggressive coronary heart disease prevention strategies should be tested for persons with rheumatoid arthritis
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 .