Skip Navigation


Health Promotion International Advance Access originally published online on September 30, 2009
Health Promotion International 2009 24(4):416-427; doi:10.1093/heapro/dap031
This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow All Versions of this Article:
24/4/416    most recent
dap031v1
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Disclaimer
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Korkiakangas, E. E.
Right arrow Articles by Laitinen, J. H.
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Korkiakangas, E. E.
Right arrow Articles by Laitinen, J. H.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?


© The Author (2009). Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

PERSPECTIVES

Barriers to regular exercise among adults at high risk or diagnosed with type 2 diabetes: a systematic review

Eveliina E. Korkiakangas*, Maija A. Alahuhta and Jaana H. Laitinen

Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Oulu, Finland

* Corresponding author. E-mail: eveliina.korkiakangas{at}ttl.fi


  Abstract

The aim of this systematic review was to identify the reported barriers to regular exercise among adults either at high risk or already diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (T2D), because of the importance of exercise in the prevention of T2D. We searched the MEDLINE, Cinahl and PsycINFO databases. All potentially relevant articles were reviewed by two researchers, and 67 titles were found, of which 13 papers met inclusion criteria. Internal and external barriers to exercise were identified among adults either at high risk of T2D or already diagnosed. Internal barriers were factors which were influenced by the individual's own decision-making, and external barriers included factors which were outside of the individual's own control. It is important for counselling to identify the internal and external barriers to regular exercise. In this way, the content of counselling can be developed, and solutions to the barriers can be discussed and identified. Further research on the barriers to regular exercise is needed.

Key words: barriers; exercise; type 2 diabetes; high risk of type 2 diabetes


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?




Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.