Barriers and Faciliators for Physical Activity in People With RMDs (COPA)

Anne-Kathrin Rausch

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Osteoarthritis, Hip; Axial Spondyloarthritis; Rheumatoid Arthritis; Osteoarthritis, Knee

Treatments: Other: survey

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06514443

Zurich UAS

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this project is to systematically survey and explore barriers and facilitators for the implementation of physical activity according to the physical activity recommendations of the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology on country specific (e.g., environmental, cultural, organization and system) level. A questionnaire to explore/identify these barriers and facilitators in the survey, will be developed through literature search, interviews with multiple stakeholders (i.e., patients with inflammatory arthritis or osteoarthritis and physical therapists) and experts in the field in four different European countries (i.e., Turkey, Switzerland, the Netherlands and France).

Additionally, in Switzerland only, the Inflammatory Arthritis Facilitators and Barriers to Physical Activity (IFAB) Questionnaire which was developed to determine the factors on personal level, will be translated into the German language. Aim is to evaluate the validity and reliability of the IFAB Questionnaire in the German-speaking population with axial Spondyloarthrits, and to perform a cultural adaptation if necessary at the same time.

Enrollment: 400 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• adults being 18years or older
• diagnosis of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis or axial Spondyloarthritis
• the cognitive and linguistic competencies to answer the survey

Exclusion criteria

• having a rheumatological or musculoskeletal disease other than described
• any communication problems

Trial design

400 participants in 2 patient groups

osteoarthrits

Description:

adults with hip or knee osteoarthritis

Treatment:

Other: survey

inflammatory arthritis

Description:

adults with rheumatoid arthritis or axial Spondyloarthritis

Treatment:

Other: survey