<i>Mo</i>bile Heal<i>t</i>h B<i>i</i>ometrics to Enhance Exercise and Physical Acti<i>v</i>ity <i>A</i>dherence in <i>T</i>yp<i>e</i> 2 Diabetes (MOTIVATE-T2D): protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Exercise and physical activity (PA) are fundamental to the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Current exercise and PA strategies for newly diagnosed individuals with type 2 diabetes are either clinically effective but unsuitable in routine practice (supervised exercise) or suitable in routine practice but clinically ineffective (PA advice). Mobile health (mHealth) technologies, offering biometric data to patients and healthcare professionals, may bridge the gap between supervised exercise and PA advice, enabling patients to engage in regular long-term physically active lifestyles. This feasibility randomised controlled trial (RCT) will evaluate the use of mHealth technology when incorporated into a structured home-based exercise and PA intervention, in those recently diagno

SUBMITTER: Hesketh K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8628337 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature