Detailed descriptions of physical activity patterns among individuals with prediabetes and diabetes: The Lolland-Falster Health Study

Despite the importance of physical activity for type 2 diabetes, it is largely unknown to what extent physical activity patterns vary among individuals with prediabetes and diabetes. Recent developments of technological wearable devices provide new possibilities to describe detailed patterns of physical activity, physical postures, sleep characteristics, and other physiological factors over long time periods. The second-by-second continuous assessment offer many opportunities to advance research also among individuals with diabetes and other chronic conditions. No previous large-scale studies have provided a detailed description of objectively assessed habitual physical activity patterns among individuals with prediabetes and diabetes. Availability of such information would be an important resource for planning future treatment courses taking individual characteristics, needs, and preferences into account when designing a physical activity intervention.
Therefore, the overall aim of this study is to describe physical activity behaviors and patterns among individuals with prediabetes and diabetes and compare these patterns with individuals with no known diabetes.

尽管身体活动对于2型糖尿病的重要性不言而喻，但关于具有糖尿病前期和糖尿病个体之间身体活动模式差异的程度，目前了解甚少。近年来，技术穿戴设备的发展为详细描述长时间段内身体活动、身体姿势、睡眠特征以及其他生理因素提供了新的可能性。这种按秒连续评估的方式为在糖尿病患者以及其他慢性病患者中进行研究提供了众多机遇。迄今为止，尚无大规模研究对糖尿病前期和糖尿病个体中客观评估的日常身体活动模式进行详细描述。此类信息的可用性将成为在规划未来治疗方案时，考虑个体特征、需求和偏好的重要资源。因此，本研究的总体目标是描述糖尿病前期和糖尿病个体的身体活动行为和模式，并将这些模式与无已知糖尿病的个体进行比较。