ArticleBMC endocrine disorders2023
Factors affecting the effectiveness of the physical activity counselling intervention implemented in primary health care in adults with type 2 diabetes.
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- Association of genetic risk and physical activity with incident type 2 diabetes.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2026Article
- Effect of physical activity counselling on the number of contacts in primary healthcare, specialised healthcare and the related healthcare costs among patients with type 2 diabetes: a register-based evaluation study.BMJ public health · 2023Article
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backgroundType 2 diabetes (T2D) has become a major public health threat; physical inactivity and obesity are both independent risk factors. Increasing daily physical activity (PA) significantly benefits treatment. Individual PA counselling is helpful for people with T2D, especially those with previous inactivity or with diabetes complications. This study evaluated factors contributing to effectiveness of PA counselling in primary health care (PHC) patients with T2D in a real-world setting and using data elicited from electronic health records (EHRs).
methodsAll patients with T2D were offered the opportunity to participate in a PA program organized as part of basic PHC services in the Siun sote region in North Karelia, Finland, from October 2016 to December 2018. The study population consists of patients aged 19 to 87 years (n = 546). During the intervention information on possible other factors in addition to age and sex influencing the intervention effect such as amount of counselling sessions, changes in PA and patients´ motivation was gathered. Changes in the participants' PA activity was generated by following the predefined rules from patient records and by assessing the descriptive documentation of activity patterns. The patients' motivation level was assessed using a Likert scale.
resultsOver 60% of participants who attended PA counselling more than three times increased their PA compared with 1% of participants with one counselling session. Of the whole intervention group, the participants experiencing the largest weight loss were those with an increased level of PA (-1.36 kg vs. -0.63 kg among those with no change in PA). Age, sex, and baseline motivation did not affect the change the PA nor the main intervention outcomes.
conclusionsPatients' compliance with the intervention was reflected in the number of PA counselling sessions attended which in turn was seen as increased levels of PA as well as better treatment outcomes. In the implementation of lifestyle counselling interventions attention should be paid on sufficient amount and frequency of counselling sessions. The individually tailored PA counselling provided in PHC has similar effects regardless of sex and age.
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