NOTE, original article title: Physical activity and sedentary behavior in people with inflammatory joint disease: A cross‐sectional study

Inactivity was evident among patients with inflammatory joint disease (IJD) and they spent much time in sedentary behavior (SB). The predictor of high activity levels was good general health. No disease-specific factors were identified to determine SB, low physical activity (LPA), or moderate-to-vigorous physical activity.

• In this cross-sectional analysis, a total of 137 patients with a medical diagnosis of an IJD before commencing an NHS-run inflammatory arthritis exercise program were included to ascertain if they met current guidelines on physical activity and the factors that influence physical activity levels and SB.

• Current physical activity guidelines were met by 29% of patients with IJD.

• Patients on average spent 10 hours per day in SB, and the only significant predictor of high SB was poor physical fitness measured by the 6-minute walk test.

• Factors that predicted high levels of LPA were: attending an exercise facility in the community and low role limitations due to physical health, following a backward multiple regression.

• Predictors of meeting current physical activity guidelines included low role limitations due to emotional problems, higher physical fitness, and healthier exercise attitudes and beliefs, following a backward conditional logistic regression, explaining between 22.2% and 31.7% of variance.