ArticlePloS one2023
Associations between physical activity patterns and quality of life in persons with type 2 diabetes: A cross sectional study.
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- Effect of treadmill ambulatory training on glucose control and blood pressure in persons with type 2 diabetes: A pilot study.PloS one · 2024Trial
- The relationship between physical activity and quality of life among community-dwelling middle-aged and older adults with type 2 diabetes: a chain mediation model of psychological resilience and exercise self-efficacy.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- Efficacy of Daily Walking as a Potential Predictor of Improved Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Korea.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Oral health-related quality of life among diabetic patients: A cross-sectional controlled study.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundType 2 diabetes is a major health problem globally and particularly in Ghana. Regular physical activity is important in the management of type 2 diabetes and in improving quality of life of persons with type 2 diabetes. However, there is a lack of data reporting on how physical activity relate to quality of life in persons with diabetes in Ghana. This study explored how physical activity patterns relate to quality of life in persons with type 2 diabetes from a major tertiary hospital in Ghana.
methodsOne hundred and twenty-one (121) persons with type 2 diabetes (age, 30-60 years) filled in questionnaires on their physical activity patterns (time spent in sitting, walking, moderate-intensity activities, and vigorous-intensity activities) and quality of life (diabetes control, anxiety and worry, social burden, sexual functioning, energy and mobility). The relationships between the variables were examined using spearman correlation.
resultsTime spent in sitting, walking, moderate-intensity activities and vigorous-intensity activities were 1677.7±401.5min, 464.1±296.0MET-min, 241.2±65.8MET-min and 1956.5±1251.0MET-min respectively. Walking was negatively related to energy and mobility (r = -.48, p<0.01), sexual functioning (r = -0.44, p<0.01), social burden (r = -0.41, p<0.01) and diabetes control (r = -0.56, p<0.01) domains of quality of life. Vigorous-intensity activities was negatively related to anxiety and worry (r = -0.20, p<0.05).
conclusionsThe results suggests that persons with type 2 diabetes who experience decline in energy and mobility, sexual functioning, and disease management, and heightened social burden, anxiety and worry may benefit from guidance on optimal physical activity behaviour in the form of walking to improve their quality of life.
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