Recommended Exercise Compliance among Noninsulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus Patients at Jos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria

Background: The prevalence of Diabetes mellitus had increased dramatically during the last decades. Adherence to life-style changes such as recommended diet and physical exercise are important factors in achieving good control on Type 2 Diabetes and preventing its long-term complications. This study was carried out to examine the recommended Exercise compliance among Noninsulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus Patients at Jos University Teaching Hospital, Plateau State. Method: A descriptive cross-sectional study design was used and a systematic sampling technique was utilized to select a sample of 130 for the study. Data was collected using a self-administered questionnaire and analysis was done using descriptive statistic by SPSS version 20 and chi-square was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 significance level. Results: The findings revealed that 80(61.5%) of the respondents were females, 39(30.0%) were between 50-59 years, and 66(50.8%) have family history of T2DM. 69(53.1%) of the respondents have good knowledge of recommended exercise and 90(69.3%) of the respondents do not comply with recommended exercise . Hypothesis tested showed that the p-value =0.004, significance level is 0.05. Since the P-value is less than the significance level, null hypothesis which states that there is no significant association between duration of diabetes and adherence to recommended exercise is rejected. Conclusion: This study concludes that compliance to recommended exercise by type 2 diabetes mellitus patients is key to ensuring good glycemic index and prevention of complications. It is therefore recommended that health care providers (nurses) should health educate type 2 diabetes patients on self-care and its health benefit on their condition which will ensures good glycemic index, and health care providers (nurses) should follow them up to ensure that they practice recommended exercise which is key to ensuring that their blood glucose level is within the normal range.