Online-supervised Exercise Program in Elderly People With Diabetes

Mehmet Akif Ersoy University70 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Exercise Program Type2diabetes

Interventions

Online-supervised exercise groupBEHAVIORAL

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

Unsupervised-exercise training groupBEHAVIORAL

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.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 50 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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

Locations (1)

Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University

Burdur, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

The Brief Resilience Scale

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.

Time frame: 5 minute

A Measure of Quality of Life in the Elderly

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.

Time frame: 5 minute

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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