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The following is a summary of “Impact of an Online Lifestyle Intervention Program on the Lives of Patients With Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Disease: A Pilot Study,” published in the December issue 2024 from Rheumatology by Slingerland et al.
Researchers conducted a retrospective study to evaluate the short- and long-term effects of the “Leef! Met Reuma Lifestyle Intervention on Health Risks and ICHOM-Recommended Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in Patients With Inflammatory Arthritis (IA), Osteoarthritis (OA) or fibromyalgia (FM).
They evaluated the lifestyle intervention program implemented with AI, OA or FM patients, consisting of a 3-month intensive phase followed by a 21-month follow-up period. Data on health risk (weight, waist circumference and BMI) and PROMs (pain, morning stiffness, fatigue, quality of life, stress, sleep problems and impact on life) were collected every 3 months during the first 6 months and every 6 months. months later. Descriptive statistics assessed changes in health risks and PROMs across the two phases.
The results showed that out of 264 patients, 88 suffered from IA, 105 from osteoarthritis and 71 from FM. Health risk improved significantly in all groups during the intensive phase. The mean reduction in BMI was -1.36 (0.26) for AI, -1.22 (0.23) for OA and -1.48 (0.33) for FM, with stabilization during the follow-up period. All PROMs followed a similar trend.
Investigators found that the online lifestyle intervention had a lasting positive effect on health risk and PRO domains in patients with IA, OA, and FM.
Source: Academic.oup.com/rheumatology/advance-article/doi/10.1093/rheumatology/keae696/7932137