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The Effect of Exercise on Quality of Life, Sleep Quality and Anxiety in Patients With Prediabetes (EFEXQULS)

Not Applicable
Conditions
Physical Inactivity
Sleep
Depression
Quality of Life
PreDiabetes
Anxiety
Interventions
Behavioral: Exercise
Registration Number
NCT05147883
Lead Sponsor
Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of exercise on quality of life, sleep quality and anxiety in patients with prediabetes.

Detailed Description

Randomized controlled studies are needed to examine the effects of exercise on sleep quality, quality of life, anxiety and depression in patients with prediabetes.

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of exercise on quality of life, sleep quality and anxiety in patients with prediabetes.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
90
Inclusion Criteria
  • 18-59 years old
  • Living a sedentary life (physical activity below 300 kcal/day will be evaluated with the Minnesota Leisure Physical Activity Questionnaire)
  • Those who have sufficient motivation to participate in the exercise program (will be evaluated by a one-on-one interview by the researchers)
  • Those diagnosed with prediabetes by oral glucose tolerance test and/or HbA1c measurement will be included.
  • Being eligible to participate in an exercise program after a cardiac examination (resting ECG and questioning of cardiac symptoms, advanced tests such as exercise ECG test if necessary) performed by the physician
Exclusion Criteria
  • Serious medical condition (for example, advanced malignancy or major neurological, psychiatric or endocrine disease, respiratory failure, etc.) that would prevent the person from participating in exercise training.
  • Having cardiovascular disease
  • Being diabetic
  • Receiving hormone replacement therapy
  • Life expectancy less than 1 year
  • HIV positivity
  • Substance use
  • Functional dependency
  • Cognitive weakness
  • Those who have other diseases that will affect the results of the study (respiratory diseases, muscle diseases, etc.)
  • Those who use drugs or supplements that will affect the results of the study

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
ExerciseExercisePatients will be given an aerobic exercise program for 1 hour, 3 days a week for 12 weeks.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Score of Quality of Life1 week

Quality of Life evaluated with Health-Related Short Form-36 Survey(Min-Max:0-100). High score idicates high quality of life.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Sleep Quality1 week

Sleep Quality evaluated with Pitssburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) (Min-max: 0-100). High score indicates worse sleep quality.

Anxiety1 week

Anxiety evaluated with Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS) (Min-max:0-21). high score indicates high anxiety.

Depression1 week

Depression evaluated with Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS). (Min-max:0-21). high score indicates high depression.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sultan Abdülhamid Training and Research Hospital

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Istanbul, Uskudar, Turkey

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