title: [Physical activity as an additional way of rehabilitation of type 2 diabetes sufferers].
abstract: The aim of the study was to evaluate physical activity and resting manners of type 2 diabetes sufferers. The research was conducted in health care centres in Malopolskie voivodship in 2008. 100 people (66 women, 34 men) aged between 40 and 84 filled in anonymous questionnaires. The majority of the respondents rested passively, half of the surveyed indicating lying, watching TV and listening to music as a way of resting. The majority of the ill did not embark upon physical activity as an essential element in treating diabetes. The most frequently (systematically) practised forms of physical activity were animal breeding, gardening and strolling. Poor health condition discouraged the surveyed from undertaking physical activity.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Higieny i Wychowania Zdrowotnego, Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego, Kraków. ewa.medrela@awf.krakow.pl
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Medrela-Kuder
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D015444:Exercise; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires