Consideration of chronic pain in trials to promote physical activity for diabetes: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic pain has been estimated to affect 60% of patients with diabetes and is strongly associated with reduced activity tolerance. We systematically reviewed randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that explored interventions to improve physical activity among patients with diabetes to establish whether co-morbid chronic pain was captured at baseline or explored as an effect modifier and if trials reported a component designed to target chronic pain.

Methodology/principal findings

We searched CINAHL, Cochrane Central Registry of Controlled Trials, EMBASE, ERIC, MEDLINE, SPORTDiscus and PsycInfo from inception of each database to March 2012 for RCTs that enrolled patients with diabetes and randomly assigned them to an intervention designed to promote physical activity

SUBMITTER: Riva JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3737137 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature