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Exercise/Physical activity and weight management efforts in canadians with self-reported arthritis.
Arthritis Care & Research 2013 December
OBJECTIVE: To describe the exercise/physical activity and weight management efforts of Canadians with self-reported arthritis, to examine factors associated with their engagement in these strategies to help manage their arthritis, and to explore reasons for lack of engagement.
METHODS: Data were from the arthritis component of the 2009 Survey on Living with Chronic Diseases in Canada. The responses (78% response rate; n = 4,565) were weighted to be representative of Canadians (ages ≥20 years) with arthritis. Logistic regression analyses were used to examine factors associated with engaging in exercise/physical activity and weight control/loss (among overweight/obese respondents) for arthritis management purposes.
RESULTS: Individuals with arthritis were mostly women (63%), ages ≥45 years (89%), overweight/obese (67%), married (68%), and white (87%), with postsecondary education (69%). Sixty-three percent were exercising and of those who were overweight or obese, 68% were trying to control/lose weight; only 46% were engaged in both. Having received a clinical recommendation was the factor most strongly associated with engaging in exercise/physical activity and/or controlling/losing weight. The most common reason for not exercising was a coexisting health condition/problem (22%), while the most common reason for not controlling/losing weight among those who were overweight/obese was that it was felt not to be necessary (51%).
CONCLUSION: The provision of clinical recommendations from a health professional, providing advice on safe and suitable exercises/physical activities, as well as addressing misperceptions of the need to lose weight among the overweight/obese, may facilitate engagement in these health behaviors and ultimately reduce the consequences of arthritis.
METHODS: Data were from the arthritis component of the 2009 Survey on Living with Chronic Diseases in Canada. The responses (78% response rate; n = 4,565) were weighted to be representative of Canadians (ages ≥20 years) with arthritis. Logistic regression analyses were used to examine factors associated with engaging in exercise/physical activity and weight control/loss (among overweight/obese respondents) for arthritis management purposes.
RESULTS: Individuals with arthritis were mostly women (63%), ages ≥45 years (89%), overweight/obese (67%), married (68%), and white (87%), with postsecondary education (69%). Sixty-three percent were exercising and of those who were overweight or obese, 68% were trying to control/lose weight; only 46% were engaged in both. Having received a clinical recommendation was the factor most strongly associated with engaging in exercise/physical activity and/or controlling/losing weight. The most common reason for not exercising was a coexisting health condition/problem (22%), while the most common reason for not controlling/losing weight among those who were overweight/obese was that it was felt not to be necessary (51%).
CONCLUSION: The provision of clinical recommendations from a health professional, providing advice on safe and suitable exercises/physical activities, as well as addressing misperceptions of the need to lose weight among the overweight/obese, may facilitate engagement in these health behaviors and ultimately reduce the consequences of arthritis.
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