Association between Physical Activity Knowledge and Levels of Physical Activity in Chinese Adults with Type 2 Diabetes

Physical activity (PA) is an important treatment regimen for diabetes. The purposes of this study were to evaluate people's knowledge of how exercise influences wellbeing (termed "PA knowledge" or "knowledge of PA" in this paper) and the resulting association with levels of...

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Published in:PloS one 2014-12, Vol.9 (12), p.e115098-e115098
Main Authors: Hui, Stanley Sai-Chuen, Hui, Grace Pui-Sze, Xie, Yao Jie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Body mass
China
Colleges & universities
Confidence intervals
Demographics
Demography
Diabetes mellitus
Diabetes mellitus (non-insulin dependent)
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - psychology
Education
Exercise
Exercise - psychology
Female
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Life Style
Male
Medicine and Health Sciences
Middle Aged
Physical activity
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:Physical activity (PA) is an important treatment regimen for diabetes. The purposes of this study were to evaluate people's knowledge of how exercise influences wellbeing (termed "PA knowledge" or "knowledge of PA" in this paper) and the resulting association with levels of PA in Chinese adults with Type 2 diabetes, and to identify the valuable demographic and lifestyle factors that possibly influence the association between PA knowledge and level of PA. Two hundred and fifty-eight adults with Type 2 diabetes completed an interviewer-administered survey at a diabetes clinic in Hong Kong. Data on demographics, lifestyle factors and diabetes-related medical indicators were obtained. A 20-item questionnaire was developed to measure PA-related knowledge (one point scored for each correct answer; aggregate score up to 20 points). level of PA was measured by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire. The proportions of correct answers to each question ranged from 19.4 to 90.7%. Compared with poorly educated participants, those with university education level and above had PA knowledge scores 1.7 points higher (14.3 vs. 12.6, P
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0115098