Barriers to Exercise among Non-Exercising Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients Visiting a Tertiary Care Hospital

Kumar, Vijay; Lohana, Chander Kumar

doi:10.5539/gjhs.v15n1p20

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“…On the other hand, "medical problem" is also one of the barriers that hinder the students from engaging in exercise. This is a significant barrier to exercise since it could worsen the condition if a person continues to exercise owing to health issues (Kumar & Lohana, 2022). Furthermore, being "too tired" was also identified as a barrier.…”

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Motives and Barriers to Exercise among Underweight Filipino College Students

Manasan,

Quitor,

Ronquillo

et al. 2023

IJMABER

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In many cases, underweight students may be left behind due to poor nutrition, health issues, or lack of access to resources that would help them thrive and achieve their academic goals. This condition is often overlooked, but it can have serious health consequences. In this paper, the researchers used the free-listing method to ascertain the perceived motives and barriers to exercise among underweight Filipino university students. This quantitative-descriptive study comprised 300 underweight Filipino college students enrolled in ‘PATHFIT-2: Exercise-Based Fitness Activities' for first-year students during their Second Semester of the Academic Year 2022-2023 from the main campus of a state university in Pampanga, Philippines, who were classified as having BMIs below the normal weight. Furthermore, EMI-2 from Mullan et al. (1997) subscales were used to categorize responses in the free list for motives, whereas Myers and Roth's (1997) subscales were utilized to categorize barriers. The top five reported motives for underweight students were "positive health," "strength and endurance", "ill health avoidance", "appearance", and "weight management". While "competition", "nimbleness", "affiliation", and "health pressures" did not elicit a response. On the other hand, most respondents do not have enough time and are too lazy to exercise since it may interfere with their school-related tasks. The findings provided educational institutions with precise recommendations on how to establish exercise programs that are in line with what motivates students and examine any barriers that may prevent such physical activity engagement.

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Section: Barriers To Exercisementioning

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Motives and Barriers to Exercise among Underweight Filipino College Students

Manasan,

Quitor,

Ronquillo

et al. 2023

IJMABER

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“…The questionnaire was developed based on published literature. 15 It comprised two parts; the first part contained demographics like age, gender, marital status, body mass index (BMI) (for estimating BMI height and weight was taken from their medical files), education level, income level, employment status, time since diagnosis of diabetes, current medications, co-existing illness.…”

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Evaluating descriptive and clinical characteristics of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with physical and environmental barriers to exercise

Lohana,

Kumar

2023

Int J Res Med Sci

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Background: Exercise is critical in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus. It is critical to identify exercise barriers in non-exercising T2DM patients. The present study aimed to evaluate the physical and environmental barriers among non-exercising T2DM patients attending a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted by recruiting patients from Family Medicine outpatient clinics at the Agha Khan University Hospital from October 2018 to April 2019. Patients between the ages of 18 and 65 who had T2DM for at least six months and exercised for fewer than 150 minutes per week or 30 minutes per day were enrolled. Barriers to exercise like physical (pain/discomfort, too overweight, co-existing illness) and environmental (too hot or cold weather, unavailability or no convenient place to exercise) were observed. The Chi-square test was used for inferential statistics. Results: Of 275 patients, mean age of the patients was 46.58 ±10.96 years. There were 146 (53.1%) males and 129 (46.9%) females. Pain and physical discomfort 110 (40%) was the most common physical barrier. Moreover, hot or cold weather was reported in 48 (17.5%) patients, no convenient or nearby place to exercise in 53 (19.3%), unavailability of parks/gym in 48 (17.5%), and environmental barriers like traffic in 35 (12.7%). Conclusions: A variety of physical and environmental barriers were discovered in this study; therefore, implementing suitable therapy to overcome these barriers will allow patients to engage in physical activities that will help them control their diabetes.

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Barriers to Exercise among Non-Exercising Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients Visiting a Tertiary Care Hospital

Cited by 2 publications

References 29 publications

Motives and Barriers to Exercise among Underweight Filipino College Students

Motives and Barriers to Exercise among Underweight Filipino College Students

Evaluating descriptive and clinical characteristics of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with physical and environmental barriers to exercise

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