Pohybová aktivita seniorů s diagnózou diabetes mellitus II. typu
Physical Activity of Seniors Diagnosed With Type II Diabetes Mellitus

Summary/Abstract: Today’s society is confronting with a huge increase of noninfectious (affluence) diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes mellitus etc. and high prevalence of obesity and overweight. In all economically advanced countries the population is getting older. The problem of health and its determinant such as physical activity is getting more frequently not only credited term but one of the basic mainstays of healthy lifestyle too. The healthy lifestyle is one of the possible options of positive change. The Study has a descriptive character, the main aim was to analyze the volume of physical activity in seniors with diagnoses Diabetes mellitus type II. Further aim was to compare volume of physical activity between persons of different gender, age, BMI and type of disease treatment. Persons with diagnoses Diabetes mellitus type II. were involved into research sample. Research conducted on 40 respondents aged 60 to 70 years in České Budějovice from March to July 2013. Pedometers YAMAX SW-700 were used to determine the volume of physical activity. Five probands had to be excluded from the research sample due to uncompleted hebdomadal observation by pedometer. Hence, 21 women and 14 men were included into final data set. Women achieved 6132 steps/day and men achieved 6412 steps/day in the sample of persons diagnosed with Diabetes mellitus type II. According to classification Tudor-Locke and Bassett (2004), 57 % of men and 76 % of women fell into „low active“category. For people diagnosed with Diabetes mellitus type II there were not found any differences in the volume of physical activity between men and women, younger and older seniors, persons with normal weight, overweight or obesity, neither in persons with difference type of disease treatment. With respect to the findings, walking might be appropriate physical activity for persons diagnosed with Diabetes mellitus type II. Cooperation between physiotherapists, instructors of physical activity and attending physicians (practitioners, diabetologist, doctor of sports medicine) etc. is necessary and essential for long-term effect. For using the physical activity as a non-pharmacological remedy, there is important that diabetics understand the importance of physical activity and parameters which evaluated volume and intensity of physical activity.

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