Attitudes and barriers to exercise in adults with a recent diagnosis of type 1 diabetes: a qualitative study of participants in the Exercise for Type 1 Diabetes (EXTOD) study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore attitudes and barriers to exercise in adults with new-onset type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM).

Design

Qualitative methodology using focus group (n=1), individual face-to-face (n=4) and telephone interviews (n=8). Thematic analysis using the Framework Method.

Setting

Nineteen UK hospital sites.

Participants

Fifteen participants in the Exercise for Type 1 Diabetes study. We explored current and past levels of exercise, understanding of exercise and exercise guidelines, barriers to increasing exercise levels and preferences for monitoring of activity in a trial.

Results

Five main themes were identified: existing attitudes to exercise, feelings about diagnosis, perceptions about exercise consequences, barriers to increasing exercise and c

SUBMITTER: Kennedy A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5786070 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature