RT journal article
T1 Differences in sedentary time and physical activity between female patients with fibromyalgia and healthy controls: The al-Ándalus project
A1 Segura Jiménez, Víctor
A1 Álvarez Gallardo, Inmaculada Concepción
A1 Estévez  López, Fernando
A1 Soriano Maldonado, Alberto
A1 Delgado Fernández, Manuel
A1 Ortega, Francisco Bartolomé
A1 Aparicio, Virginia Ariadna
A1 Carbonell Baeza, Ana
A1 Mota, Jorge
A1 Silva, Pedro
A1 Ruiz Ruiz, Jonatan
A2 Didáctica de la Educación FísicaPlástica y Musical
K1 Accelerometry
K1 GT3X+
K1 steps
K1 sedentary time
K1 physical activity levels
K1 case-control study
AB Objective To characterize the levels of objectively measured time spent in sedentary activities (sedentary time) and physical activities in female patients with fibromyalgia and compare them with the levels in age-matched healthy control women. Methods The study comprised 413 female patients with fibromyalgia (mean ± SD age 51.9 ± 7.4 years) and 188 female control subjects (age 50.9 ± 7.5 years). Sedentary time, the amount of time spent engaged in physical activity, and step counts were measured using triaxial accelerometry. The amounts of time (minutes/day) during which the participants were engaged in sedentary behaviors as well as in physical activity of different intensities (light, moderate, and moderate-to-vigorous) and the step counts were calculated. Results The amount of time spent in sedentary behavior was longer in patients with fibromyalgia compared with controls (estimated mean ± SEM difference 39 ± 8 minutes/day; P < 0.001). The patients with fibromyalgia spent less time than controls engaged in light physical activity (mean ± SEM difference -21 ± 7 minutes/day; P = 0.005), moderate physical activity (mean ± SEM difference -17 ± 3 minutes/day; P < 0.001), and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (mean ± SEM difference -19 ± 3 minutes/day; P < 0.001). The patients with fibromyalgia took fewer steps/day compared with the control subjects (mean ± SEM difference -1,881 ± 262 steps/day; P < 0.001). Only 20.6% of the patients with fibromyalgia and 46.3% of the control subjects fulfilled the recommendation for 150 minutes/week of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in bouts of at least 10 minutes/bout (χ2 = 41.8, P < 0.001). Similarly, only 16.0% of the patients fulfilled the recommendation for ≥10,000 steps/day compared with 44.7% of the control subjects (χ2 = 56.8, P < 0.001). Both the patients and the control subjects were more active (physical activity of all intensities and numbers of steps) on weekdays than on weekend days (all P ≤ 0.001). Conclusion Female patients with fibromyalgia spent more time in sedentary behaviors and were less physically active than age-matched controls. The low proportions of female patients with fibromyalgia and control subjects who met the physical activity and step count recommendations is worrisome.
PB Wiley
SN 2326-5191
YR 2015
FD 2015
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/30641
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/30641
LA eng
NO We acknowledge Wiley and the Arthritis and Rheumatology for publishing our scientific article: Segura-Jiménez, V., Álvarez-Gallardo, I. C., Estévez-López, F., Soriano-Maldonado, A., Delgado-Fernández, M., Ortega, F. B., Aparicio, V. A., Carbonell-Baeza, A., Mota, J., Silva, P., & Ruiz, J. R. (2015). Differences in sedentary time and physical activity between female patients with fibromyalgia and healthy controls: The al-Ándalus project. Arthritis and Rheumatology, 67(11), 3047-3057. https://doi.org/10.1002/ART.39252
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RD 21-sep-2026