Graded activity with and without daily- monitored-walking in patients with type 2 diabetes with low back pain: secondary analysis of a randomized-clinical trial
| dc.contributor.author | Opeyemi Idowu | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-05-02T08:52:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-05-02T08:52:20Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-12 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background Graded activity is gradually emerging as a preferred choice in improving psychosocial outcomes including pain self-efficacy, fear-avoidance beliefs, and back-pain beliefs in the general population with low back pain (LBP). Such evidence is, however, lacking among patients with concomitant LBP and type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). This secondary analysis of a randomized control trial aimed to compare the efficacy between graded activity augmented with additional daily-monitored-walking and graded activity alone on disability, pain self-efficacy (PSE), fear-avoidance beliefs (FAB), back-pain beliefs (BPB) and glycaemic control (HbA1c) in patients with concomitant LBP and T2DM. Methods Fifty-eight patients with concomitant LBP and T2DM were randomised into two groups, graded activity with daily-monitored-walking group (GAMWG = 29) or (graded activity group (GAG = 29) in this 12-week single-blind trial. Both groups received graded activity (home/work-place visits, back school and sub-maximal exercises) while the GAMWG received additional daily-monitored-walking. Disability and selected psychosocial outcomes were assessed at weeks 0, 4, 8 and 12 using Roland-Morris disability, fear-avoidance behaviour, pain self-efficacy and back belief questionnaires. Glycaemic control was assessed at weeks 0 and 12 using a point-of-care system (In2it, Biorad Latvia). Data were analysed using mean, median, Friedman’s ANOVA, Mann-Whitney test and t-tests. Results Participants’ mean age was 48.3 ± 9.4 years (95%CI: 45.6, 50.9) while 35.3% were males. The GAMWG participants (n = 25) had better outcomes (P < 0.05) than GAG participants (n = 26) on PSE (1.0, 3.0; r = − 0.1) and FAB (0.01, − 2.0; r = − 0.1) at week 4, LBP-related disability (0.01, − 2.0; r = − 0.2) at week 8 and glycaemic control at week 12 (− 0.59 ± 0.51%,-0.46 ± 0.22%). No other between-group comparisons were statistically significant. Conclusion Graded activity with daily-monitored-walking provided earlier improvements on disability, pain self-efficacy, fear-avoidance beliefs, and glycaemic control, but not back pain beliefs, in patients with concomitant LBP and T2DM. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Idowu, O.A., Adeniyi, A.F., Edo, A. and Fasanmade, A., 2021. Graded activity with and without daily-monitored-walking in patients with type 2 diabetes with low back pain: secondary analysis of a randomized-clinical trial. Archives of Physiotherapy, 11, pp.1-11. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | 10.1186/s40945-021-00104-3 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.run.edu.ng/handle/123456789/4357 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Archives of Physiotherapy | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | 11; 10 | |
| dc.title | Graded activity with and without daily- monitored-walking in patients with type 2 diabetes with low back pain: secondary analysis of a randomized-clinical trial | |
| dc.type | Article |