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Graded activity with and without daily-monitored-walking in patients with type 2 diabetes with low back pain:
Opeyemi Ayodiipo Idowu1, Ade Fatai Adeniyi2, Andrew Edo3
1Department of Physiotherapy, College of Medical Sciences, School of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria. opeyemi.idowu@uniben.edu.
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.
Trial Registration:
PACTR201702001728564 ; 26 July, 2016 (retrospectively registered).
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