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- Title
Association Between Physical Activity and Physical Function in a Marshallese Population with Type 2 Diabetes.
- Authors
Walter, Christopher S.; Narcisse, Marie-Rachelle; Felix, Holly C.; Rowland, Brett; Selig, James P.; McElfish, Pearl A.
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
UNITED States; HAWAIIANS; DATA analysis; HEALTH status indicators; FUNCTIONAL assessment; PACIFIC Islanders; GLYCEMIC control; QUESTIONNAIRES; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; DIAGNOSIS; GAIT in humans; TYPE 2 diabetes; CONCEPTUAL structures; STATISTICS; QUALITY of life; RESEARCH methodology; COMPARATIVE studies; PHYSICAL activity; ACCIDENTAL falls; REGRESSION analysis; DISEASE complications; ADULTS
- Publication
Journal of Immigrant & Minority Health, 2024, Vol 26, Issue 2, p361
- ISSN
1557-1912
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10903-023-01551-9