Translation of a Diabetes Remission Service into Australian Primary Care: Findings from the Evaluation of DiRECT-Australia
Table 4
Changes in physical activity, readiness to change lifestyle behaviour, and quality of life and wellbeing at 12 and 52 weeks’ follow-up.
Variable (%) or mean
Baseline ()
12 weeks follow-up
52 weeks follow-up
Follow-up
value
Follow-up
value
Physical activity IPAQ-short form 7 days
Have you participated in vigorous activity in the past 7 days
15 (38.5%)
10 (40.0%)
0.599
11 (50.0%)
0.687
Have you participated in moderate activity in the past 7 days
19 (48.7%)
16 (64.0%)
0.357
13 (59.1%)
1.000
Have you walked more than 10 min at a time in the last 7 days
34 (87.2%)
25 (100%)
1.000
19 (86.4%)
0.500
IPAQ: MET-min per week
2820.3
2782.3
0.981
2740.9
0.998
Readiness to change lifestyle behaviour (and % for action and maintenance stage)
Dietary change: readiness to change diet
Do you drink water and other nonsugary drinks instead of sugary drinks/fruit juice
30 (76.9%)
24 (96.0%)
0.031
21 (95.5%)
0.625
Do you eat at least four or more servings of vegetables daily
21 (53.8%)
15 (60.0%)
0.754
14 (63.6%)
1.000
Do you eat at least three different protein foods every 1-2 days
30 (76.9%)
17 (68.0%)
0.508
17 (77.3%)
1.000
Do you eat less fat overall?
14 (35.9)
23 (92.0%)
<0.001
15 (68.2%)
0.125
Have you reduced amount of food you eat at each sitting
21 (53.8%)
24 (96.0%)
<0.001
16 (72.7%)
0.754
Do you eat more foods with fibre
23 (59.0%)
16 (61.0%)
0.999
18 (81.8%)
0.375
Do you eat less sugary foods and carbohydrates
24 (61.5%)
25 (100%)
0.004
17 (77.3%)
1.000
Physical activity: readiness to change physical activity
Are you making yourself stronger?
10 (25.6%)
21 (81.4%)
<0.001
15 (68.2%)
0.004
Do you plan more activity in your day?
9 (23.1%)
23 (92.0%)
<0.001
14 (63.6%)
0.002
Do you plan more activity on weekends?
9 (23.1%)
21 (81.4%)
<0.001
14 (63.6%)
0.012
Have you increased the number of steps you take each day?
10 (25.6%)
22 (88.0%)
<0.001
14 (63.6%)
0.002
Have you reduced the amount of time you spend sitting?
15 (38.5%)
17 (68.0%)
0.008
10 (45.5%)
0.999
Weight: readiness to change weight
Are you trying to reach your best weight
16 (41.0%)
23 (92.0%)
<0.001
19 (86.4%)
0.002
Quality of life and wellbeing
EQ-5D health state utility
0.80
0.86
<0.001
0.87
<0.001
EQ-5D VAS
47.5
63.6
<0.001
64.2
<0.001
WHO-5 Well-Being Index
55.7
68.8
<0.001
65.7
<0.001
Abbreviations: CI: Confidence Interval; EQ-5D: EuroQol Five-Dimensions; IPAQ: International Physical Activity Questionnaire; MET: Metabolic Equivalent of Task; VAS: Visual Analog Scale; WHO: World Health Organization. 12 weeks survey was completed by 25 participants and 52 weeks survey was completed by 22 participants. All the statistically significant values retained significance after Benjamini-Hochberg correction for multiple testing.
