Effectiveness of a real-life program (DIAfit) to promote physical activity in patients with type 2 diabetes: a pragmatic cluster randomized clinical trial.

Arhab, Amar; Junod, Nicolas; Rossel, Jean-Benoit; Giet, Olivier; Sittarame, Frederic; Beer, Sandra; Sofra, Daniela; Durrer, Dominique; Delgado, Humberto; Castellsague, Montserrat; Laimer, Markus; Puder, Jardena J (2023). Effectiveness of a real-life program (DIAfit) to promote physical activity in patients with type 2 diabetes: a pragmatic cluster randomized clinical trial. Frontiers in endocrinology, 14(1155217), p. 1155217. Frontiers Research Foundation 10.3389/fendo.2023.1155217

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INTRODUCTION

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a real-life clinical physical activity program (DIAfit) on improving physical fitness, body composition, and cardiometabolic health in an unselected population with type 2 diabetes mellitus, and to compare the effects of two variants a different exercise frequencies on the same outcomes.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS

This was a cluster randomized-controlled assessor-blind trial conducted in 11 clinical centres in Switzerland. All participants in the clinical program with type 2 diabetes were eligible and were randomized to either standard (3 sessions/week for 12 weeks) or alternative (1 session/week for the first four weeks, then 2 sessions/week for the rest of 16 weeks) physical activity program each consisting of 36 sessions of combined aerobic and resistance exercise. Allocation was concealed by a central office unrelated to the study. The primary outcome was aerobic fitness. Secondary outcome measures included: body composition, BMI, HbA1c, muscle strength, walking speed, balance, flexibility, blood pressure, lipid profile.

RESULTS

All 185 patients with type 2 diabetes (mean age 59.7 +-10.2 years, 48% women) agreed to participate and were randomized in two groups: a standard group (n=88) and an alternative group (n=97)). There was an 11% increase in aerobic fitness after the program (12.5 Watts; 95% CI 6.76 to 18.25; p<0.001). Significant improvements in physical fitness, body composition, and cardiometabolic parameters were observed at the end of the DIAfit program (improvements between 2-29%) except for lean body mass, triglycerides and cholesterol. No differences were observed between both programs, except for a larger weight reduction of -0.97kg (95% CI -0.04 to -1.91; p=0.04) in the standard program.

CONCLUSIONS

Both frequency variants of the nation-wide DIAfit program had beneficial effects on physical fitness, HbA1c, body composition, and blood pressure in type 2 diabetes patients and differences were negligible.

CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION

clinicaltrials.gov, identifier NCT01289587.

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