Regular Exercise for Management of Type 2 Diabetes: A Scoping Review

This scoping review focuses on the effectiveness of regular exercise in managing type 2 diabetes. Findings suggest that regular exercise is one of the best interventions for controlling blood glucose levels and reducing the risk of other health issues associated with diabetes.

Poster title
INTRODUCTION
Type 2 diabetes is a way in which body do not produce enough insulin for
controlling blood sugar level (Balducci & et. al., 2019). Type 2 Diabetes is one of
the most prevailing disease from which most of the Australian adults are
suffering. As per government statistics adults above 45 years of age suffer
from type 2 diabetes. In order to control level of blood glucose level
medication are provided to patients suffering from this disease but
medication is not enough for controlling diabetes. Due to this, it becomes
extremely important to focus upon identifying other ways in which this, type 2
diabetes can be controlled and managed
METHOD
Aim of this paper was to review whether regular exercise can directly
help in effective management of type 2 diabetes as compared to other
interventions or not (Hamasaki, 2016). All the five studies directly helped in
understanding that regular exercise is one of the best way of controlling
type 2 diabetes, blood sugar level. Not only this, studies like MacPherson,
M., and et. al., 2020 also helped in understanding that effective exercise
can help in reducing risk of suffering from type 2 diabetes
This analysis clearly helps in understanding that regular exercise is one
of the best interventions that can be focused upon simultaneously with
drug or medical intervention because to can further help in
maintenance of type 2 diabetes (MacPherson and et. al., 2020). It
further helps in understanding that patients suffering from type 2
diabetes should make regular exercise an importance part of their
daily routine that can help them in colling their blood glucose level. Not
only this, risk of suffering from other kinds of health issues associated
with diabetes can also get reduced.
For this project systematic review was conducted in which 5 peer
reviewed articles were selected from Google Scholar, PubMed, and
from Cinahl. In order to search for appropriate peer- reviewed articles
main key words were used and using Boolean operators’ combination
of key words were used for searching appropriate articles. This
strategy directly helped in searching for appropriate articles that were
related to research question and directly helped in answering research
question in an appropriate and effective manner. Search strategy used
for searching appropriate 5 peer reviewed articles for answering main
research questions are as follows:
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For this study 5 peer reviewed articles were taken out of which 3 of
them were quantitative and 2 of them were qualitative peer reviewed
articles. All the five articles were selected using PICO search strategy
(Hamasaki, 2016). With the help of these articles both interventions
through which type 2 diabetes can be managed were identified. In this
section critical appraisal of each article would be done using below
provided JBL checklist.
RESULTS DISCUSSION
PICO QUESTION
CONCLUSION
P: Patient I: Intervention O: Outcome C: Comparison
Patient
suffering from
type 2
diabetes
Regular exercise Controlling blood
sugar level
Other
interventions of
controlling type
2 diabetes
Is regular exercise for management of Type 2 Diabetes is mote
effective as compared to other interventions of controlling type 2
diabetes?
P: Patient I: Intervention O: Outcome C: Comparison
Type 2
diabetes
OR
Diabetes
Results for P
Regular exercise
OR
Exercise
Results for I AND
Type 2 diabetes
management
OR
Reduced blood
sugar level
Results for O
AND
Healthy Eating
OR
Nutritional diet
Results for C
Author Aim/Research
Question
Study
Design
Sample
Characteristics
Intervention Results
Outcome
MacPherson,
M., and et.
al., 2020
what are the
characteristics of
the diet and/or
exercise
interventions
targeting diabetes
prevention as
described in the
literature?
Scoping
review
protocol
It was a secondary
review in which different
articles searched from
Medline, CINAHL,
PsycINFO, EMBASE and
SPORTDiscus were
reviewed
Diet and
exercise both
were used as
interventions
for preventing
risk of type 2
diabetes
Effective
management of
exercise and diet
can directly help
in management of
type 2 diabetes
and further
reduces its risk of
occurance.
Hamasaki,
H., 2016
What is the
association
between daily
physical activity
and T2D?
Review of
secondary
longitudina
l studies
As it was a secondary
qualitative review no
sample population were
taken but sample of
studies selected varied
from 2000 to 70100
Daily routine
physical
activity
(walking)
Brisk walking
reduced risk of
suffering from
type 2 Diabetes
Shen, Y., and
et. al., 2021
What are the
effects and
acceptability of
different exercise
modes on glycemic
control in type 2
diabetes patients?
Randomize
d
controlled
trial
studies
Systematic review and
meta- analysis of articles
and other studies
selected was done in
which patients suffering
from type 2 diabetes and
were above 18 years of
age were selected.
Exercise Exercise can help
in controlling type
2 diabetes.
Kitic, C.M.,
and et. al.,
2019
What is the
effectiveness of
physical activity
upon participated
individuals suffering
from type 2
diabetes
Quantitativ
e data
analysis
method
was
chosen for
this study
555 participants were
recruited for this study
Physical
activity
Significant effect
of physical activity
was seen upon
patients suffering
from type 2
diabetes in terms
of controlling
blood glucose
level.
Article Weight management Blood sugar level Risk of type 2
diabetes reduced
MacPherson
, M., and et.
al., 2020
Not identified Not discussed Intervention chosen
did helped in reducing
risk of type 2
Diabetes
Hamasaki,
H., 2016
Helped in losing weight Helped in
maintaining diabetes
Risk of suffering from
diabetes got reduced
Shen, Y.,
and et. al.,
2021
Yes it helped in
maintaining body
weight cholesterol
Yes exercise had
best effect on blood
glucose control
Not defined
Kitic, C.M.,
and et. al.,
2019
Not defined Blood sugar level of
patients were
maintained
Not determined
Balducci, S.,
and et. al.,
2019
Yes, as weight during
aerobics exercise was
measured daily
Not defined Not defined

REFERENCES
MacPherson, M., & et. al., (2020). Diet and exercise interventions for individuals at risk for type 2 diabetes: a scoping review protocol. BMJ open, 10(11), p.e039532.
Hamasaki, H., (2016). Daily physical activity and type 2 diabetes: a review. World journal of diabetes, 7(12), p.243.
Shen, Y., & et. al., (2021). The effects and acceptability of different exercise modes on glycemic control in type 2 diabetes mellitus: A protocol for systematic review and network meta-analysis. Medicine, 100(3).
Kitic, C.M., & et. al., (2019). Study protocol for a multicentre, controlled non-randomised trial: benefits of exercise physiology services for type 2 diabetes (BEST). BMJ open, 9(8), p.e027610.
Balducci, S., & et. al., (2019). Study to Weigh the Effect of Exercise Training on BONE quality and strength (SWEET BONE) in type 2 diabetes: study protocol for a randomised clinical trial. BMJ open, 9(11), p.e027429.