EFFICACY OF EXERCISE INTERVENTIONS IN PERCEIVED HEALTH-STATUS AMONG BANGLADESHI INDIVIDUALS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS

Abstract

Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM), a lifestyle-related disease imposes an enormous social and economic impact on countries around the world. The prevalence of DM is growing in both rural and urban Bangladesh. The quality of life is getting hugely compromised due to the pervasiveness of this disease. Aim: The purpose of the study is to make a comparison of aerobic and combined exercise intervention programs to understand the effects in the perceived health status of diabetic population Method: This interventional study was carried out with 66 middle aged participants having Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus(T2DM) with middle income status residing in Dhaka, Bangladesh. There was 14 weeks of intervention sessions along with another 14 weeks of no intervention session to evaluate the sustainability of the intervention programs. The EuroQol 5D-5L questionnaire was used to measure the advancement in the perceived health status of the targeted population. Wilcoxon signed-rank test and Two-way repeated measures of ANOVA/ Mixed factorial ANOVA were used to analyse the data. Results: After 14 weeks of aerobic exercise, significant improvement in the state of mobility (p = 0.000), maintaining self-care (p = 0.001) and the level of anxiety (p = 0.000) was observed. In case of combined exercise program, post-intervention improvements in perceived sense of mobility (p = 0.010) and anxiety (p = 0.010) were observed. In comparison between aerobic and combined exercise program (p =0.000), significant differences were observed at the post-intervention phase with negative mean differences indicating higher values detected for the combined group of participants. Conclusions: It can be concluded that a combined exercise program had shown the best the outcome in enhancing the health status of the participants compared to aerobic and control group in this study.