Physical Activity Patterns Among Adults With Arthritis And Diabetes Who Receive Self-management Education

Presenter Information

A. M. Hall
J. R. Churilla
D. C. Segura
M. R. Richardson
T. M. Johnson

Faculty Sponsor

Dr. James Churilla, Dr. Michael Richardson, Dr. Tammie Johnson

Faculty Sponsor College

Brooks College of Health

Faculty Sponsor Department

Clinical & Applied Movement Sciences

Location

SOARS Virtual Conference

Presentation Website

https://unfsoars.domains.unf.edu/2021/posters/physical-activity-patterns-among-adults-with-arthritis-and-diabetes-who-receive-self-management-education/

Keywords

SOARS (Conference) (2021 : University of North Florida) – Archives; SOARS (Conference) (2021 : University of North Florida) – Posters; University of North Florida -- Students -- Research – Posters; University of North Florida. Office of Undergraduate Research; University of North Florida. Graduate School; College students – Research -- Florida – Jacksonville – Posters; University of North Florida – Graduate students – Research – Posters; University of North Florida. Department of Clinical & Applied Movement Sciences – Research – Posters; Diabetics -- Exercise -- Research – Posters; Arthritis -- Patients -- Exercise -- Research – Posters; Project of Merit Award Winner

Abstract

Project of Merit Winner

PURPOSE: To examine the physical activity (PA) patterns among adults with arthritis and diabetes who receive self-management education. METHODS: Sample (n=28,860) included adults (≥ 18 years of age), with arthritis and diabetes who participated in the 2019 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Categories of PA were classified as highly active (HACT), moderately active (MACT), low activity (LACT), and inactive (INACT). Multinomial logistic regression analyses adjusted for age, gender, body mass index, race, smoking status, and socioeconomic status. RESULTS: When compared to a referent group of inactive adults, our findings suggest that adults with arthritis and diabetes who received self-management education had significantly greater odds of being classified as HACT, MACT, or LACT (P < 0.05 for all). Comparatively, similar analyses in those reporting no self-management education suggests that adults possessed significantly lower odds of reporting PA across all categories (P < 0.05 for all). CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that adults with arthritis and diabetes who receive self-management education report engaging in greater volumes of PA. Self-management education should be promoted in adult populations with arthritis and diabetes, as it may increase PA participation.

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Audio Presentation Transcript:

Hello, my name is Alana Hall and I am the first author of the research titled, “PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PATTERNS AMONG ADULTS WITH ARTHRITIS AND DIABETES WHO RECEIVE SELF-MANAGEMENT EDUCATION.” The purpose of this project was to examine the physical activity (PA) patterns among adults with arthritis and diabetes who received self-management education. METHODS: Sample (n=28,860) included adults (≥ 18 years of age), with arthritis and diabetes who participated in the 2019 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Categories of PA were classified as highly active (HACT), moderately active (MACT), low activity (LACT), and inactive (INACT). Multinomial logistic regression analyses adjusted for age, gender, body mass index, race, smoking status, and socioeconomic status were fitted to determine variables that were significantly associated with the outcome (P < 0.05). RESULTS: Compared to a referent group of inactive adults, adults with arthritis and diabetes who received self-management education had significantly greater odds of being classified as HACT (odds ratio [OR] 1.7), MACT (OR 2.3), and LACT (OR 1.6) (P < 0.05 for all). CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that adults with arthritis and diabetes who receive self-management education engage in greater volumes of PA. Typically, arthritis and diabetes self-management education programs promote physical activity as a mechanism to manage these diseases. More research is needed to determine if a cause-and-effect relationship exists. In this large nationally representative sample of U.S. adults, adults reporting a diagnosis of diabetes and arthritis who received disease self-management education from their healthcare provider reported significantly greater odds of being highly active (OR=1.74) and moderately active (OR=2.29). To the knowledge of this research team, this is the first study to suggest that receiving self-management education is associated with greater odds of being physically active than those not receiving the education. Our findings contribute to the evidence suggesting a positive relationship between diabetes and arthritis self-management education programs and meeting the Department of Health and Human Services 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines. In conclusion, receiving self-management education in the treatment of adults with diabetes and arthritis was associated with a 74% increase in the odds of being highly active and a 2.3 times higher odds of being moderately active. Our results should be used to encourage healthcare professionals to increase the provision of self-management education in patients with diabetes and arthritis. Thank you.

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