Effect of treadmill walking for anxiety, depression, and social well-being in women with diabetes type 2: A randomized controlled trial.

PREVENTION of mental depression; ANXIETY prevention; BLOOD sugar analysis; SEDENTARY lifestyles; LECTURE method in teaching; STATE-Trait Anxiety Inventory; FASTING; NONPARAMETRIC statistics; STATISTICS; EVALUATION of human services programs; ANTHROPOMETRY; SELF-evaluation; TREADMILLS; DIABETES; MENTAL health; MANN Whitney U Test; HYPOGLYCEMIC agents; TYPE 2 diabetes; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; PRE-tests & post-tests; COMPARATIVE studies; NUTRITION education; URBAN hospitals; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; CRONBACH'S alpha; WALKING; HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY of women; HEALTH behavior; EXERCISE intensity; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; BLIND experiment; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCALE analysis (Psychology); DESCRIPTIVE statistics; STATISTICAL sampling; PATIENT education; ANXIETY; DATA analysis software; DATA analysis; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors; PEOPLE with diabetes

Anxiety and depression are higher in persons with diabetes leading to poor glycaemic control and diabetes-related emotional distress. Some diabetic women do not engage in exercises perceiving it to make their diabetes worse. The researchers' objective of this treadmill walking program was to determine its effect on anxiety, depression and social well-being in women with diabetes type 2 (DT2). We randomized 49 sedentary women with DT2 into treadmill walking at moderate intensity of 40-60% of their age-adjusted maximal heart rate, three times per week on alternate days for 12 weeks. The control attended electronic lectures on diet, diabetes and mental health. The treadmill group had no adverse effects and their anxiety, depression and social well-being scores improved with no significant changes for the control. We offer women with DT2 an easy, safe indoors exercise preventing them from abuse from men, erratic drivers and extreme weather conditions with positive physiological responses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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