Association between Physical Activity Knowledge and Levels of Physical Activity in Chinese Adults with Type 2 Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physical activity (PA) is an important treatment regimen for diabetes. The purposes of this study were to evaluate people's knowledge of how exercise influences wellbeing (termed "PA knowledge" or "knowledge of PA" in this paper) and the resulting association with levels of PA in Chinese adults with Type 2 diabetes, and to identify the valuable demographic and lifestyle factors that possibly influence the association between PA knowledge and level of PA.

Methods

Two hundred and fifty-eight adults with Type 2 diabetes completed an interviewer-administered survey at a diabetes clinic in Hong Kong. Data on demographics, lifestyle factors and diabetes-related medical indicators were obtained. A 20-item questionnaire was developed to measure PA-related knowledge (one p

SUBMITTER: Hui SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4262475 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature