Exercise Program, Type2diabetes
Conditions
Keywords
psychological resilience, quality of life, distance education
Brief summary
This study was conducted to determine the effect of an online-supervised exercise program on fasting blood sugar, psychological resilience, and quality of life in elderly people with diabetes. A parallel-group, randomized controlled trial design was used. The study was conducted in a public hospital with 70 patients with elderly type 2 diabetes between Nowember 2021 and May 2022. A Personal Information Form, The Brief Resilience Scale and A Measure of Quality of Life in the Elderly were used to collect data.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALOnline-supervised exercise group
Participants in the online-supervised exercise group were provided with an online-supervised exercise program by using the video conferencing method three times a week for 6 weeks on the Zoom application. The exercise program was carried out synchronously
BEHAVIORALUnsupervised-exercise training group
The unsupervised-exercise training group was informed about how to do the same exercises by another researcher, a nurse academician, on the online platform by using the lecturing method. Each training intervention took approximately 30 minutes.
Sponsors
Akdeniz University
Mehmet Akif Ersoy University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Masking description
They did not know if they were in the control and intervention group at the time of randomization.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
50 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Having a diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes mellitus for at least 6 months, * Being aged \>50 years, * Receiving oral antidiabetic and/or insulin therapy, * Having a smartphone or a computer, * Volunteering to participate in the study,
Exclusion criteria
* Individuals who had type 2 DM, but were illiterate * Had vision and hearing loss * Did not volunteer to participate in the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The Brief Resilience Scale | 5 minute | The scale was developed by Smith et al. to measure individuals' resilience levels and was adapted to Turkish by Doğan. It is a one-dimensional 6-item measurement tool. High scores obtained from the scale indicate that the individual's psychological resilience is good. Cronbach's alpha internal consistency coefficient of the scale is .83. |
| A Measure of Quality of Life in the Elderly | 5 minute | This scale was developed by Hyde et al. in 2003 to measure the quality of life of the elderly. It was adapted to Turkish society in 2014 by Türkoğlu and Adıbelli. An increase in the total score indicates an increase in the quality of life. The scale consists of two sub-dimensions, namely perceived autonomy and satisfaction and perceived disability. Cronbach's alpha value of the original scale is .91. |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed