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. 2014 Jan;16(1):46-54.
doi: 10.1177/1099800413500064. Epub 2013 Aug 20.

Personalized exercise for adolescents with diabetes or obesity

Melissa Spezia Faulkner  1 , Sara Fleet Michaliszyn, Joseph T Hepworth, Mark D Wheeler
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Personalized exercise for adolescents with diabetes or obesity

Melissa Spezia Faulkner et al. Biol Res Nurs. 2014 Jan.

Abstract

Objective: This study examined adherence to a personalized, community-based exercise intervention by sedentary adolescents with type 1 or type 2 diabetes or those with obesity.

Research design and methods: We conducted a pretest-posttest investigation to explore the application of an individualized exercise prescription based upon current fitness level for 39 adolescents (20 with type 1 diabetes, 9 with type 2 diabetes, and 10 obese) over 16 weeks in community settings. Subjects were recruited from a university-based pediatric endocrinology clinic in the southwestern United States. Adherence to the exercise prescription was monitored using accelerometers over the entire intervention period.

Results: Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) levels significantly increased over sedentary baseline values (p < .001), but the average of 42.5 ± 22.1 min/day of MVPA determined at the end of the study was still less than the recommended 60 min/day. Perceptions of health were significantly increased for the total group following the intervention (p = .008). For those with type 1 diabetes, there was a significant association between MVPA duration and percentage change in HbA1c (r = -.526, p = .02).

Conclusions: Recruitment and retention of adolescent participation in daily exercise is challenging. Personalized approaches that include adolescent choices with family support and ongoing motivation can improve individual exercise adherence and a sense of personal health.

Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00686283.

Keywords: adolescents; diabetes; exercise; obesity.

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Declaration of Conflicting Interests

The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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