Beliefs, Benefits and Barriers Associated with Physical Activity: Impact of These Factors on Physical Activity in Patients With Type II Diabetes Mellitus

Abstract

This study aimed to assess patients’ levels of belief, benefits and barriers toward physical activity, and to identify factors associated with physical activity performance in patients with type II diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The study was carried out using cross-sectional correlation design. Subjects from the endocrinology and metabolism outpatient departments of a teaching hospital in northern Taiwan were recruited by consecutive sampling. A total of 149 patients with type II DM were recruited. More physical activity was associated with stronger physical activity beliefs, including recovery self-efficacy, action and coping planning, and maintenance self-efficacy, which explained 40.9% of variance in physical activity performance. Patient-centered physical activity programs (resistance exercise, daily walking, or Tai Chi exercise) can reduce patients’ barriers toward performing physical activity.

A NARRATIVE REVIEW ABOUT EXERCISE AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY SELF EFFICACY: HISTORY, CURRENT CONCERNS, AND GUIDELINES ABOUT MEASUREMENT (not peer reviewed)

“…Nowadays, it is possible to see that this theory was retained and a large number of researchers from different scientific fields have been appropriate to their assumptions, being now approached by areas going from health (12,41) to economics (42), demonstrating itself as a possible factor able to influence to a regular attending for different treatments in populations with distinct conditions, existing evidence showing that self-efficacy level can be influent in walking by patients with stroke (43), exercises practice by patients with Fibromyalgia (44), health habits by cancer patients (45), adherence to cardiac rehabilitation programs (46), medication management (47) and in special to exercise or physical activity practice (48)(49)(50)(51)(52), whose will be the focus of the present paper.…”

“…Although originally divided into two factors (efficacy and outcome expectancy), through the years other subdivisions were proposed, how for example barriers self-efficacy (388), action and maintenance self-efficacy (12) as well as subdivisions created to analyze specific purposes, how for example self-efficacy related to pelvic muscles (389) and so on.…”

“…In this sense, self-efficacy is a promising construct, mainly applied in studies designed to explore factors related to exercise adoption/maintenance or physical activity practice in individuals with (12,13) or without pathophysiological conditions (14) of different ages, ranging from children (15,16) to elderly populations (17).…”

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