ACR Meeting Abstracts

ACR Meeting Abstracts

Abstract Number: 1883

Exercise Habits and Factors Associated with Exercise in Systemic Sclerosis: A Scleroderma Patient-Centered Intervention Network (SPIN) Cohort Study

Marleine Azar1,2, Danielle Rice3,4, Marie-Eve Carrier5, Ian Schrier4, Susan J. Bartlett6, Marie Hudson7, Luc Mouthon8, Serge Poiraudeau9, C.H. van den Ende10, Sindhu R. Johnson11, Tatiana Sofia Rodriguez-Reyna12, Anne A. Schouffoer13, Joep Welling14 and Brett D. Thombs4, 1Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 21Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, 3Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 4Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, 5McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 6Department of Medicine, Division of ClinEpi, Rheumatology, Respirology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 7Medicine/Rheumatology, Jewish General Hospital, Lady Davis Research Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada, 8Department of Internal Medicine, Referral Center for Rare Autoimmune and Systemic Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France, Paris, France, 9Univ. Paris Descartes, PRES Sorbonne Paris, INSERM UMR-S 1153 et Institut fédératif de recherche sur le handicap, Paris, France, Paris, France, 10Department of Rheumatology, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 11Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital and University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, 12Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, 13Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, 14The Dutch Patient Organization for Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Utrecht, Netherlands

Meeting: 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

Date of first publication: September 28, 2016

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Session Information

Date: Monday, November 14, 2016

Title: Systemic Sclerosis, Fibrosing Syndromes, and Raynaud's – Clinical Aspects and Therapeutics - Poster II

Session Type: ACR Poster Session B

Session Time: 9:00AM-11:00AM

Background/Purpose: Exercise is associated with improved health in many medical conditions. Little is known about the exercise habits of people with systemic sclerosis (SSc, or scleroderma). This study assessed the proportion of individuals with SSc who exercise and associations of demographic and disease variables with exercise. Additionally, the weekly amount of time spent exercising and the types of exercise performed were assessed among patients exercising.

Methods: The sample consisted of adult participants with SSc enrolled in the Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network (SPIN) Cohort who completed baseline questionnaires from March 2014 through August 2015. Baseline questionnaires included questions on exercise habits, physician-reported medical characteristics, self-report demographic characteristics, the Health Assessment Questionnaire – Disability Index (HAQ-DI), Patient Health Questionnaire-9, and PROMIS-29.

Results: Of 752 patients, 389 (51.7%) reported presently engaging in exercise, and these patients exercised on average 4.7 hours (SD=2.8) per week. Among patients who reported exercising, walking was most commonly reported (n=295, 75.8%). In bivariate analyses, present exercise was associated with more education, lower body mass index, some (versus no) alcohol consumption, non-smoking, limited/sine disease subtype, absence of skin thickening, lower disability, higher physical function, lower symptoms of anxiety and depression, less fatigue, lower sleep disturbance, higher ability to participate in social roles and activities, and less pain.

Conclusion: Approximately half of SSc patients reported that they are currently exercising with walking being the most common form of exercise. Understanding exercise patterns and factors associated with exercise will help better inform intervention programs to support exercise for patients with SSc.

Disclosure: M. Azar, None; D. Rice, None; M. E. Carrier, None; I. Schrier, None; S. J. Bartlett, None; M. Hudson, None; L. Mouthon, None; S. Poiraudeau, None; C. H. van den Ende, None; S. R. Johnson, None; T. S. Rodriguez-Reyna, None; A. A. Schouffoer, None; J. Welling, None; B. D. Thombs, None.

To cite this abstract in AMA style:

Azar M, Rice D, Carrier ME, Schrier I, Bartlett SJ, Hudson M, Mouthon L, Poiraudeau S, van den Ende CH, Johnson SR, Rodriguez-Reyna TS, Schouffoer AA, Welling J, Thombs BD. Exercise Habits and Factors Associated with Exercise in Systemic Sclerosis: A Scleroderma Patient-Centered Intervention Network (SPIN) Cohort Study [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2016; 68 (suppl 10). https://acrabstracts.org/abstract/exercise-habits-and-factors-associated-with-exercise-in-systemic-sclerosis-a-scleroderma-patient-centered-intervention-network-spin-cohort-study/. Accessed .

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