Effects Of A Regular Exercise Program On Life Quality Of Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Objective: We aimed to evaluate the effects of a supervised aerobic exercise therapy on quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). Material and Methods: Thirty-one patients with type 2 DM (8 male/23 female; aged between 42 and 65 years) who had hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels between 7.5% and 9.5% were included in the study. Anthropometric measurements (height, body weight, body fat percentage, body fat mass and body mass index, waist circumference, hip circumference) and cardiopulmonary exercise tests were performed before and after the study. The patients undertook a 12-week aerobic training program that included aerobic-type walking and/or cycling 3 days a week. All patients were asked to complete the Turkish version of the 36-Item Short Form (SF-36) Health Survey before and after the training program. SF-36 is a commonly used questionnaire that was designed to measure life quality of patients who have physical illnesses Results: We detected significant improvements in all subscales of the SF-36 questionnaire. The emotional role limitation score showed a less significant reduction (p=0.049) compared with the other subscales. The anthropometric values were also improved significantly after the 12-week aerobic training program (