TY - JOUR
T1 - Physical Activity Levels in Peripheral Artery Disease Patients
AU - Gerage, Aline Mendes
AU - Correia, Marilia de Almeida
AU - Oliveira, Paulo Mesquita Longano de
AU - Palmeira, Aline Cabral
AU - Domingues, Wagner Jorge Ribeiro
AU - Zeratti, Antônio Eduardo
AU - Puech-Leão, Pedro
AU - Wolosker, Nelson
AU - Ritti-Dias, Raphael Mendes
AU - Cucato, Gabriel Grizzo
PY - 2019/9
Y1 - 2019/9
N2 - BACKGROUND: Increases in daily physical activity levels is recommended for patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD). However, despite this recommendation, little is known about the physical activity patterns of PAD patients.OBJECTIVE: To describe the physical activity patterns of patients with symptomatic peripheral artery (PAD) disease.METHODS: This cross-sectional study included 174 PAD patients with intermittent claudication symptoms. Patients were submitted to clinical, hemodynamic and functional evaluations. Physical activity was objectively measured by an accelerometer, and the time spent in sedentary, low-light, high-light and moderate-vigorous physical activities (MVPA) were obtained. Descriptive analysis was performed to summarize patient data and binary logistic regression was used to test the crude and adjusted associations between adherence to physical activity recommendation and sociodemographic and clinical factors. For all the statistical analyses, significance was accepted at p < 0.05.RESULTS: Patients spent in average of 640 ± 121 min/day, 269 ± 94 min/day, 36 ± 27 min/day and 15 ± 16 min/day in sedentary, low-light, high-light and MVPA, respectively. The prevalence of patients who achieved physical activity recommendations was 3.4%. After adjustment for confounders, a significant inverse association was observed between adherence to physical activity recommendation and age (OR = 0.925; p = 0.004), while time of disease, ankle brachial index and total walking distance were not associated with this adherence criteria (p > 0.05).CONCLUSION: The patterns of physical activity of PAD patients are characterized by a large amount of time spent in sedentary behaviors and a low engagement in MVPA. Younger patients, regardless of the clinical and functional factors, were more likely to meet the current physical activity recommendations.
AB - BACKGROUND: Increases in daily physical activity levels is recommended for patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD). However, despite this recommendation, little is known about the physical activity patterns of PAD patients.OBJECTIVE: To describe the physical activity patterns of patients with symptomatic peripheral artery (PAD) disease.METHODS: This cross-sectional study included 174 PAD patients with intermittent claudication symptoms. Patients were submitted to clinical, hemodynamic and functional evaluations. Physical activity was objectively measured by an accelerometer, and the time spent in sedentary, low-light, high-light and moderate-vigorous physical activities (MVPA) were obtained. Descriptive analysis was performed to summarize patient data and binary logistic regression was used to test the crude and adjusted associations between adherence to physical activity recommendation and sociodemographic and clinical factors. For all the statistical analyses, significance was accepted at p < 0.05.RESULTS: Patients spent in average of 640 ± 121 min/day, 269 ± 94 min/day, 36 ± 27 min/day and 15 ± 16 min/day in sedentary, low-light, high-light and MVPA, respectively. The prevalence of patients who achieved physical activity recommendations was 3.4%. After adjustment for confounders, a significant inverse association was observed between adherence to physical activity recommendation and age (OR = 0.925; p = 0.004), while time of disease, ankle brachial index and total walking distance were not associated with this adherence criteria (p > 0.05).CONCLUSION: The patterns of physical activity of PAD patients are characterized by a large amount of time spent in sedentary behaviors and a low engagement in MVPA. Younger patients, regardless of the clinical and functional factors, were more likely to meet the current physical activity recommendations.
KW - Exercise
KW - Intermittent claudication
KW - Motor activity
KW - Peripheral arterial disease
KW - Waling
U2 - 10.5935/abc.20190142
DO - 10.5935/abc.20190142
M3 - Article
C2 - 31365605
SN - 0066-782X
VL - 113
SP - 410
EP - 416
JO - Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
JF - Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
IS - 3
ER -