Dietary and physical activity guidelines help improve rheumatoid arthritis patients’ quality of life.

To evaluate the effect of dietary and physical activity guidelines on quality of life among rheumatoid arthritis patients.

A quasi experimental (pre-posttest) research design was utilized.

A purposeful sample of (60) patients of both sexes with rheumatoid arthritis with an age range from 20 to 65 years old.

The study was conducted in the Department of Rheumatology, Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine at Main Assiut University Hospital.

Tool (I) Patient's health needs assessment sheet. Tool (II) Disease Activity Scores. Tool (III) Rheumatoid Arthritis Quality of Life Questionnaire.

There was a statistically significant difference between total scores of Disease Activity Scores & Rheumatoid Arthritis Quality of Life Questionnaire in pre and post (3 months) after implementing the dietary and physical activity guidelines as the following (P value = 0.023*, 0.008**) respectively.

Dietary and physical activity guidelines were effective in improving quality of life among rheumatoid arthritis patients.

Concise illustration booklet should be available for patients with rheumatoid arthritis about dietary and physical activity guidelines.