Preventing the Progression of Prediabetes to Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Through Increasing Physical Activity and Healthy Diet
Year: 2014
Type: conference-paper
Study design: Systematic Review
Abstract: Background: Health care professionals have started to diagnose patients as prediabetic in efforts to monitor and intervene in the disease process of diabetes before the person reaches the complete diagnosis of diabetes. Specific interventions such as, physical activity and diet, are considered to be major contributing factors in reducing the progression of diabetes and potentially reversing the process of this disease. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to compare the effectiveness of diet modification versus increased physical activity during the prediabetic phase in reducing the progression to Type 2 diabetes. Methods: A literature review was conducted using sources written within the past 7 years taken from 4 different databases. The databases used were CINAHL, Academic Search Complete, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and Food Science Source. The focus of the search was to obtain articles that examined nursing interventions for patients in the prediabetic state. Results: The literature review examined 9 articles and synthesized evidence from 6 of the articles. The levels of evidence for these articles included level 1, 2 and 4 of quantitative research articles. The interventions of increased physical activity and modified diet both proved to be effective in reducing the progression of diabetes. Neither one revealed to be more effective than the other. Conclusion: The results of the review were inconclusive in determining whether increased physical activity or diet was more effective in reducing the prevalence of diabetes in patients with a prediabetes diagnosis. Further research is needed on this topic in order to make a conclusive decision. Keywords: Prediabetes state, Prevention, Interventions, Physical Activity, Diet
Language: English
Subfield: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W656314449