Prevalence and time trends in diabetes and physical inactivity among adult West African populations: The epidemic has arrived

Abubakari, Abdul-Razak; Lauder, William; Jones, Martyn; Kirk, Alison; Agyemang, Charles; Bhopal, Raj

doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2009.07.009

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“…Overall 219 (55 newly, 24 previously diagnosed DM and 140 IFG) of the study participants had impaired glucose homeostasis of which 79 (1.8%) were diabetic and 140 (3.2%) had impaired fasting glucose according to the WHO diagnostic criteria. In this study the crude prevalence of self-reported diabetes mellitus was 0.6 % which is lower than the finding from Pakistan, Qatar, South Africa, rural West Africa and Addis Ababa where the crude prevalence of previously diagnosed diabetes mellitus was 13.4%, 10.7%, 2.45%, 2.6% and 4.5% 8,9,11,13,16 respectively but comparable (0.5%) with a community setting study in Gondar.…”

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“…19 Similarly, in Africa, rural-to-urban migration is associated with reductions in prevalence of physical activity. 20,21 In some cases, the urban-to-rural gradient for inactivity more than doubles. The challenge is magnifi ed in view of the fact that, in 20 years, 60% of west Africans will live in urban areas and two-thirds of people moving into urban areas in Africa do so into poverty.…”

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The pandemic of physical inactivity: global action for public health

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Physical inactivity is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide. We summarise present global efforts to counteract this problem and point the way forward to address the pandemic of physical inactivity. Although evidence for the benefits of physical activity for health has been available since the 1950s, promotion to improve the health of populations has lagged in relation to the available evidence and has only recently developed an identifiable infrastructure, including efforts in planning, policy, leadership and advocacy, workforce training and development, and monitoring and surveillance. The reasons for this late start are myriad, multifactorial, and complex. This infrastructure should continue to be formed, intersectoral approaches are essential to advance, and advocacy remains a key pillar. Although there is a need to build global capacity based on the present foundations, a systems approach that focuses on populations and the complex interactions among the correlates of physical inactivity, rather than solely a behavioural science approach focusing on individuals, is the way forward to increase physical activity worldwide.

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“…ADA recommends at least 150 minutes per week of moderate intensity aerobic physical activity that achieves 50 -70% of maximal heart rate. Structured exercise interventions of at least 8 weeks duration have been shown to lower A1C by an average of 0.66% in people with type 2 diabetes even with no significant change in Body Mass Index [45].…”

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Levels and Predictors of Adherence to Self-care Behaviour among Adult Type 2 Diabetics at Arba Minch General Hospital, Southern Ethiopia

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2016

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Background: Diabetes self-care behaviour adherence is considered to be the cornerstone in diabetes care. Hence, the success of long-term maintenance therapy for diabetes depends largely on the patients' adherence with self-care behaviour. and data were collected by using interviewer administered questionnaires. The data were entered into EPI-DATA version 3.1, and analysed by Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 20.0. Descriptive statistics were used for most variables; a bivariate analysis was employed to determine the presence of association between adherence to self-care behaviour with other variables at P-value less than 0.05. Multi-variable logistic regression was performed to identify independent predictors of glycaemic control and self-care behaviour adherence. Results:One hundred ninty four type 2 diabetics were participated in this study and 99 (51.0%) were Females. Mean age of participants was 50.3(±13.2) years, and 41.2% had good self-care behaviour adherence. Above one half (57.2%) had diabetes duration less than five years, with mean duration of diabetes 5.02 ± 3.8 years. Conclusion:In our study area adherence to self-care behaviour of the study subjects were low. So strategies that can improve these discrepancies like provision of diabetes self-care education and counselling especially on importance of self-monitoring of blood glucose, physical activity and problem solving should be considered by responsible bodies.

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Prevalence and time trends in diabetes and physical inactivity among adult West African populations: The epidemic has arrived

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