Assessment of level of physical activity in patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Abstract

Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (DM) is increasing globally due to population growth, ageing, urbanization, obesity and physical inactivity. Studies assessing level of physical activity among patient with the disease is scarce. The study was aimed at assessing the level of physical activity in patient with type 2 Diabetes mellitus. Method: Purposive sampling technique was used to recruit 150 participants for the study, but only 100 copies of questionnaire were amenable to data analysis. Ethical clearance was obtained from Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex (OAUTHC) Ile Ife Ethical and Research Committee and all the respondent gave their consent. International Physical Activity Questionnaires (IPAQ) was administered to each patient after adequate explanation of the procedure. Data obtained were analyzed using descriptive. Significance was set at 0.05 alpha level. Result: Results obtained showed that 26% have low physical activity level, 41% of the respondents have moderate level of physical activity and 33% have high physical activity level while 68% were female and 32 % were male 35% of the respondent were age group of 50 – 59yr. Fifty percent (50%) of the respondents were traders, 21% were civil servants, 9% were farmer and 12 % were retiree.
Conclusion: It was concluded that higher percentage of patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in this environment have low and moderate level of physical activity, female were more affected by DM than male, traders were more affected with type 2 DM than any other occupation and age group of 50 -59 years were more affected than any other age group.

Key words:

physical activity, questionnaire, trader, diabetes mellitus