Department of Physical Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Northwest, Fayetteville, AR, USA.
College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Northwest, Fayetteville, AR, USA.
J Immigr Minor Health. 2024 Apr;26(2):361-370. doi: 10.1007/s10903-023-01551-9. Epub 2023 Oct 21.
Physical activity can delay functional decline in people with type 2 diabetes (T2D), but these associations have not been studied within a sample of Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander adults with T2D. Using data from a randomized control trial in which 218 Marshallese adults with T2D participated in a 10-week diabetes self-management education intervention, this study tested our hypothesis that physical activity would predict physical function when controlling for time and other variables. Levels of physical activity were positively associated with levels of physical function, even after controlling for time and other covariates. These findings provide a more robust understanding of the relationship between physical activity and physical function in a sample of minority adults with T2D. Future studies should further explore levels of physical activity needed to maintain and improve physical function so that culturally appropriate physical activity interventions can be developed.
身体活动可以延缓 2 型糖尿病（T2D）患者的功能下降，但这些关联尚未在患有 T2D 的夏威夷原住民或太平洋岛民成年人样本中进行研究。本研究利用一项随机对照试验的数据，该试验招募了 218 名患有 T2D 的马绍尔群岛成年人参加为期 10 周的糖尿病自我管理教育干预，检验了我们的假设，即控制时间和其他变量后，身体活动与身体功能相关。即使控制了时间和其他协变量，身体活动水平与身体功能水平呈正相关。这些发现为理解 T2D 少数族裔成年人中身体活动与身体功能之间的关系提供了更有力的依据。未来的研究应进一步探索维持和改善身体功能所需的身体活动水平，以便制定出具有文化适应性的身体活动干预措施。
