KU Leuven Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Leuven, Belgium.
KU Leuven, University Psychiatric Center KU Leuven, Leuven-Kortenberg, Belgium.
Afr Health Sci. 2020 Sep;20(3):1407-1415. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v20i3.46.
There is a growing recognition of the importance of encouraging people with alcohol use disorders (AUD) to become more active as an achievable strategy to reduce the disability-associated burden.
We investigated whether physical activity and sedentary behaviour in men with AUD contribute to their quality of life (QoL).
Fifty male Ugandan inpatients with AUD (33.0±10.7 years) completed the World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment brief version, Simple Physical Activity Questionnaire and the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test while waist circumference, body mass index and blood pressure were assessed. Linear multiple regression analysis explored the total variance in QoL explained by all predictor variables.
SIMPAQ walking and SIMPAQ exercise explained 46% of the variability in physical QoL, 45% of the variability in psychological QoL, and 40% of the variability in environmental QoL. The SIMPAQ walking score predicted 37% of the variability in social QoL.
The current findings suggest that higher levels of walking and exercising are associated with a better QoL. Our study therefore provides a platform for future research to investigate the role of physical activity on QoL levels in people with AUD, also in low resourced settings in low-income countries such as Uganda.
越来越多的人认识到鼓励酒精使用障碍（AUD）患者变得更加活跃是一种可行的策略，可以减轻与残疾相关的负担。
我们研究了男性 AUD 患者的体力活动和久坐行为是否会影响其生活质量（QoL）。
50 名乌干达男性 AUD 住院患者（33.0±10.7 岁）完成了世界卫生组织生活质量评估简明版、简单体力活动问卷和酒精使用障碍识别测试，同时评估了腰围、体重指数和血压。线性多元回归分析探讨了所有预测变量对 QoL 总方差的解释。
SIMPAQ 步行和 SIMPAQ 运动分别解释了身体 QoL 变异性的 46%、心理 QoL 的 45%和环境 QoL 的 40%。SIMPAQ 步行得分预测了社会 QoL 变异性的 37%。
目前的研究结果表明，较高水平的步行和运动与更好的 QoL 相关。因此，我们的研究为未来的研究提供了一个平台，以探讨在 AUD 患者中，体力活动对 QoL 水平的影响，也包括在乌干达等低收入国家资源有限的环境中。
