Remedial actions for the physical inactivity of hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes Care
; 33(9): 1960-1, 2010 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Physical inactivity is often suspected in hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes but has yet to be quantified. RESEARCH DESIGN ANDMETHODS:
We measured the level of physical activity of 36 hospitalized (H) and 36 free-living nonhospitalized (NH) type 2 diabetic subjects with actimeters (SenseWear Arm-Band).RESULTS:
The number of steps (H 4,381 +/- 3,742 steps/24 h, NH 7,220 +/- 4,763 steps/24 h; P < 0.01), duration of physical activity (H 45 +/- 57 min/24 h, NH 148 +/- 116 min/24 h; P < 0.005), and physical activity expenditure (H 287 +/- 390 kcal/24 h, NH 1,035 +/- 1,006 kcal/24 h; P < 0.005) were two- to threefold lower in the hospitalized patients. Simple advice enabled us to increase their recorded levels of physical activity by approximately 50% (P < 0.005), and a further 50% (P < 0.05) was obtained by the use of a pedometer.CONCLUSIONS:
The physical inactivity of hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes is significant and remediable, although the advice given must take into account the existence of sensory neuropathy and silent myocardial ischemia.
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Assunto principal:
Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2
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Atividade Motora
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Article