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Disease activity and low physical activity associate with number of hospital admissions and length of hospitalisation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis |
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| Authors: | George S Metsios Antonios Stavropoulos-Kalinoglou Gareth J Treharne Alan M Nevill Aamer Sandoo Vasileios F Panoulas Tracey E Toms Yiannis Koutedakis George D Kitas |
| Institution: | (1) Department of Physical Activity, Exercise and Health, University of Wolverhampton, Gorway Road, Walsall, WS13BD, West Midlands, UK;(2) Department of Rheumatology, Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust, Russell’s Hall Hospital, Pensnett Road, DY12HQ Dudley, West Midlands, UK;(3) Research Institute in Physical Performance and Rehabilitation, Centre for Research and Technology - Thessaly, Trikala, Karies, GR42100, Greece;(4) Department of Psychology, University of Otago, St David Street, Dunedin North, 9016, New Zealand;(5) ARC Epidemiology Unit, Manchester Metropolitan University, Oxford Road, M156BH Manchester, UK |
| Abstract: | IntroductionSubstantial effort has been devoted for devising effective and safe interventions to reduce preventable hospital admissions in chronic disease patients. In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), identifying risk factors for admission has important health policy implications, but knowledge of which factors cause or prevent hospital admissions is currently lacking. We hypothesised that disease activity/severity and physical activity are major predictors for the need of hospitalisation in patients with RA. |
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