Effect of a behavioral counseling for adoption and maintenance of a physically active lifestyle on long-term mortality in people with type 2 diabetes: post hoc analysis of the Italian Diabetes and Exercise Study_2.

ABSTRACT: An inverse relationship between physical activity and mortality has been observed in epidemiological surveys, but not in randomized clinical trials. This post hoc, not pre-specified analysis of the Italian Diabetes and Exercise Study_2 randomized clinical trial assesses the effect of a physical activity-based counseling intervention on long-term mortality in people with type 2 diabetes. Three hundred physically inactive and sedentary individuals are recruited in three outpatient diabetes clinics in Rome from October 2012 to February 2014. Participants are randomized 1:1 to a Control group receiving standard care and an Intervention group receiving a one-month theoretical and practical counseling targeting both PA and sedentary behavior, each year for 3 years. For this analysis, all-cause a

SUBMITTER: Balducci S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12923872 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature