Knowledge, attitude and practice about walking among woman by type 2 diabetics

Objective (s): Diabetes is one of the spread diseases that if uncontrolled it wills much complication. The need aside regimen diet correct and consumer drug doing exercise activity is third base cure and control diabetes. The purpose of this study is determining knowledge، attitude and practice woman by type 2 diabetes about doing walk. This is a cross-sectional study that carried out on 88 women with diabetics in institute Isfahan in years 2007. Data were collection with direct interview by using a researcher making questionnaire and checklist. Rate walking for shopping, exercise walking in leisure time et al on base minute and consider severity (light, intermediate and heavy) determine in a week and test Fasting Blood Sugar (FBS) and hemoglobin glycoside (HbA1c) patient determine by a unit laboratory. Finally data were analyzed by SPSS software and P<0. 005 is level significant. Number of patient is 88 person by average 44. 5±4. 3 years and weight 69. 3±6. 2 (kg). Rate knowledge 51. 1% of patient about correct and effective walking on well-being diabetes is poor, 38/6% intermediate and 10. 3% good. Of aspect attitude about walking 54. 5% intermediate, 28. 4% good and 16. 8% poor. 68. 2% of patient practice is poor 21. 6% intermediate and lonely 10. 2% of patient has a good practice. Mean day that patient walking in 2±1 days and rate minute spend for walking in a week is 96. 21 minutes that 78/4%±10/9 this amount is a walking by severity light that don’t effect cure disease. Mean rate FBS patient is 181. 4±45. 3 mg/dl and hemoglobin glycoside (HbA1c) patient is 9. 52%±0/76 percent. There was significant different between knowledge and attitude (P<0. 001) and between knowledge about correct walking attitude and practice walking increase. Between FBS and HbA1c by r=58 and P<0. 01 different significant. By increase knowledge patient، attitude and practice their about walking better that important to prevention complication disease. Minutes that spend walking by severity intermediate and heavy that effective to expenditure energy and finally low weight and fat and control diabetic increase prepare physical that effective on HbA1c in woman by diabetic in our countries is very low. There for must education program patient for doing walking and other exercise in leisure time for control diabetes.