Figure 2.

Study selection process.

Note: PA = physical activity; SB = sedentary behaviour.

Full text exclusions:

(1) Interventions focussed on overall “arthritis self-management” (to include several topics, eg, medication, pain management, nutrition, problem solving etc.), were excluded to provide a more focussed overview of the current literature (n = 10).^35–44

^**Articles reporting interventions targeting PA/sedentary behaviour and one other behaviour (eg, medication adherence, nutrition) were included, as it was deemed that PA promotion/sedentary behaviour reduction were major components of these interventions; (2) Interventions where changes in PA or sedentary behaviour were not assessed/reported as an outcome (n = 3, where this could not be determined at the title/abstract screening stage),^45–47 interventions that were not behavioural (n = 1),⁴⁸ and those targeting RA and another population, where interventions effects on RA could not be isolated (n = 1).⁴⁹

(3) Articles describing protocols for RCTs yet to be completed or reported on (n = 7).^50–56

(4) Studies reporting secondary results for included interventions, but for which change in PA or sedentary behaviour was not the focus (eg, reporting the economic cost of the intervention) (n = 9).^57–65 Reference lists of relevant systematic review articles were also searched,^{12,13,66–69} but no additional articles meeting inclusion criteria were identified.