Patient self-reports overstate exercise levels in joint disease, study finds

European researchers discovered a significant gap between how much exercise people with inflammatory joint diseases say they do and what their activity trackers actually record. The mismatch could undermine clinical decision-making and public health strategies that rely on patient surveys rather than objective measurements.

Originaltitel: Self-report and device-based physical activity measures and adherence to physical activity recommendations: a cross-sectional survey among people with inflammatory joint disease in four European countries