Are barriers to physical activity similar for adults with and without abnormal glucose Metabolism? Hume, Clare, Dunstan, David, Salmon, Jo, Healy, Genevieve, Andrianopoulos, Nick and Owen, Neville 2010, Are barriers to physical activity similar for adults with and without abnormal glucose Metabolism?, The diabetes educator, vol. 36, no. 3, May-June, pp. 495-502, doi: 10.1177/0145721710368326. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Are barriers to physical activity similar for adults with and without abnormal glucose Metabolism? Author(s) Hume, Clare Dunstan, David orcid.org/0000-0003-2629-9568 Salmon, Jo orcid.org/0000-0002-4734-6354 Healy, Genevieve Andrianopoulos, Nick Owen, Neville Journal name The diabetes educator Volume number 36 Issue number 3 Season May-June Start page 495 End page 502 Total pages 8 Publisher Sage Publications, Inc Place of publication Thousand Oaks, Calif. Publication date 2010 ISSN 0145-7217 1554-6063 Summary Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine perceived barriers to physical activity among adults with and without abnormal glucose metabolism (AGM), and whether barriers varied according to physical activity status. Methods The 1999 to 2000 Australian Diabetes, Obesity, and Lifestyle Study (AusDiab) was a population-based cross-sectional study among adults aged ≥25 years. AGM was identified through an oral glucose tolerance test. The previous week’s physical activity and individual, social, and environmental barriers to physical activity were self-reported. Logistic regression analyses examined differences in barriers to physical activity between those with and without AGM, and for those with and without AGM who did and did not meet the minimum recommendation of 150 minutes/week of moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity. Results Of the 7088 participants (47.5 ± 12.7 years; 46% male), 18.5% had AGM. Approximately 47.5% of those with AGM met the physical activity recommendation, compared to 54.7% of those without AGM (P < .001). Key barriers to physical activity included lack of time, other priorities, and being tired. Following adjustment for sociodemographic and behavioral factors, there were few differences in barriers to physical activity between those with and without AGM, even after stratifying according to physical activity. Conclusions Adults with AGM report similar barriers to physical activity, as do those without AGM. Programs for those with AGM can therefore focus on the known generic adult-reported barriers to physical activity. Language eng DOI 10.1177/0145721710368326 Field of Research 111706 Epidemiology Socio Economic Objective 920401 Behaviour and Health HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2010, The Author(s) Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30031303 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 23 Nov 2010, 14:43:49 EST Wed, 24 Nov 2010, 07:39:46 EST Wed, 24 Nov 2010, 14:14:09 EST Wed, 24 Nov 2010, 14:31:50 EST Wed, 24 Nov 2010, 14:35:53 EST Fri, 10 Jun 2011, 13:44:55 EST Wed, 02 Jul 2014, 15:11:48 EST Fri, 22 Aug 2014, 14:55:00 EST Fri, 10 Oct 2014, 08:44:04 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 9 times in TR Web of Science Cited 8 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 882 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 23 Nov 2010, 14:43:46 EST by Jane Moschetti