Relationship between Short- and Long-Term Periods of Self-Reported Physical Activity Patterns in Individuals with SLE

Gizem Irem Kinikli¹, Susanne Pettersson², Iva Gunnarsson³, Elisabet Svenungsson³ and Carina Boström⁴, ¹Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Ankara/TURKEY, Ankara, Turkey, ²Neurobiology, care sciences and society, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Neurobiology, care sciences and society, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm/SWEDEN, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Neurobiology, care sciences and society, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm/SWEDEN, Stockholm, Sweden

Meeting: 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

Keywords: Exercise and physical activity, SLE

Session Information

Date: Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Title: Epidemiology and Public Health Poster III – ARHP

Session Type: ACR Poster Session C

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

Background/Purpose: Physical inactivity is prevalent in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). Assessment of physical activity (PA) is vital to manage cardiovascular risk factors in SLE. The aim of this cross-sectional correlational design was to explore the relationship between assessments of PA patterns in individuals with SLE using questionnaires covering short- and long-term periods of PA.

Methods: Individuals with SLE (n=148) according to ACR criteria (52±16 years old; BMI: 24.4±4.3 kg/m² ; disease duration 22±15 years) were enrolled. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short-Form (IPAQ-SF) covering short-term period (last week) and questions from Physical Activity Questionnaire covering long-term period (last 6-12 months) were used. SLAM-R was used to assess disease activity and SLICC-DI to assess organ damage. Spearman rho analysis and p<0.05 was used.

Results: Median SLAM-R was 5 (IQR 6), SLICC was 1 (IQR 3) and IPAQ-SF PA category was moderate. PA on high exertion (days/week) the last 6-month was moderately correlated with IPAQ-SF vigorous activity days/week (r=0.43) and minutes/day (r=0.47) respectively as well as to IPAQ-SF moderate activity days/week (r=0.44). PA (hours/day) the last year was moderately (r=0.47) correlated with IPAQ-SF walking hours/day. Exercise last year was moderately correlated with IPAQ-SF vigorous activity days/week (r=0.46) and minutes/day (r=0.51) respectively as well as to IPAQ-SF vigorous category (r=0.51) and IPAQ-SF total score (r=0.45). Sitting hours/day last 6-month were strongly (r=-0.63) correlated with IPAQ-SF sitting hours/day.

Conclusion: The results indicate that there are moderate-to-strong relationships between short- and long-term period of PA, exercise and sitting behaviours in SLE with mild disease activity and organ damage. Health professionals in clinical practice, therefore, need different questionnaires to capture different time periods of PA patterns.

Disclosure: G. I. Kinikli, None; S. Pettersson, None; I. Gunnarsson, None; E. Svenungsson, None; C. Boström, None.

To cite this abstract in AMA style:

Kinikli GI, Pettersson S, Gunnarsson I, Svenungsson E, Boström C. Relationship between Short- and Long-Term Periods of Self-Reported Physical Activity Patterns in Individuals with SLE [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2018; 70 (suppl 9). https://acrabstracts.org/abstract/relationship-between-short-and-long-term-periods-of-self-reported-physical-activity-patterns-in-individuals-with-sle/. Accessed .

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