Reporting quality of interventions using a wearable activity tracker to improve physical activity in patients with inflammatory arthritis or osteoarthritis: a systematic review.
Maria A T van WissenMonique BergerJohan A F KoekkoekMaaike Gerarda Johanna GademanCornelia H M van den EndeThea P M Vliet VlielandSalima Francis Elisabeth van WeelyPublished in: Rheumatology international (2022)
To assess the reporting quality of interventions aiming at promoting physical activity (PA) using a wearable activity tracker (WAT) in patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA) or hip/knee osteoarthritis (OA). A systematic search was performed in eight databases (including PubMed, Embase and Cochrane Library) for studies published between 2000 and 2022. Two reviewers independently selected studies and extracted data on study characteristics and the reporting of the PA intervention using a WAT using the Consensus on Exercise Reporting Template (CERT) (12 items) and Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) E-Health checklist (16 items). The reporting quality of each study was expressed as a percentage of reported items of the total CERT and CONSORT E-Health (50% or less = poor; 51-79% = moderate; and 80-100% = good reporting quality). Sixteen studies were included; three involved patients with IA and 13 with OA. Reporting quality was poor in 6/16 studies and moderate in 10/16 studies, according to the CERT and poor in 8/16 and moderate in 8/16 studies following the CONSORT E-Health checklist. Poorly reported checklist items included: the description of decision rule(s) for determining progression and the starting level, the number of adverse events and how adherence or fidelity was assessed. In clinical trials on PA interventions using a WAT in patients with IA or OA, the reporting quality of delivery process is moderate to poor. The poor reporting quality of the progression and tailoring of the PA programs makes replication difficult. Improvements in reporting quality are necessary.
Keyphrases
- adverse drug
- physical activity
- knee osteoarthritis
- public health
- healthcare
- high intensity
- clinical trial
- quality improvement
- rheumatoid arthritis
- mental health
- oxidative stress
- randomized controlled trial
- metabolic syndrome
- body mass index
- systematic review
- blood pressure
- emergency department
- health information
- mass spectrometry
- heart rate
- high resolution
- social media
- double blind
- liquid chromatography