Impact of Intervention on Changes in Physical Activity among Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Lalnuntluangi Hnamte, F. Lalnunmawia, Dr. Lalnunpuii

Abstract: The present study aims to assess and compare the HbA1c level of individuals and impact of intervention on changes in physical activity among individuals with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus of Aizawl, Mizoram. A quasi - experimental design with a pre - test and post - test control group was conducted on May 2023 to September 2023 at OPD of ZMC & H, Falkawn, Mizoram with a total of 200 type 2 DM patients (100 in experimental and 100 in control group) who are not on insulin. The intervention was on a video consisting of importance of changes in physical activity and its impact on maintaining glycaemic outcome. A simple random sampling technique was used. Among all participants (N=200), a significant main effect of time was found, F (1, 198) = 40.11 (p <.001) indicating that HbA1c levels significantly changed from pre - test to post - test. A DSMQ was used to assess the impact of intervention. The mean difference between the pre - test and post - test for the control group was - 0.311 (SE = 0.16) (p< 0.05) and for the experimental group it was - 1.650 (SE = 0.16), which are both statistically significant, (p < 0.01). The 95% confidence interval for the mean difference ranged from - 1.96 to - 1.34. Hence, the results shows that there is a large, statistically significant increase in physical activity in the experimental group as compared to the control group. The current study may be introduced to a wider setting with more interventions for a much - improved outcome for the society.

Keywords: Insulin, glycaemic outcome, physical activity, DSMQ, HbA1c