Materials and Methods
One hundred diabetic (type 2) patients were involved
in this prospective quasi-experimental study. Diabetic
patients were those without diabetic foot and cardiovascular
side effects and were randomly selected
from a diabetes center, Ahmad Nader Kazemi Clinic
and they were randomly divided into two groups of
experimental and control. Data was collected using a
standard questionnaire including data on demographic
characteristics, knowledge, dimensions of health belief
model including perceived obstacles, interests,
intensity and sensitivity, and also data regarding jogging.
In addition, the amount of fasting blood sugar
(FBS) and glycoside hemoglobin (HbA1c) of the patients
before and three months after the training intervention
were recorded. The intervention was 3 sessions
(each 60 minutes) of training on jogging and
control of sugar. Reliability of the questionnaire was
reviewed by means of taking a reexamination and it
was certainly defined 84% and its faults were also
eliminated. For understanding 5-choice questions and
questions related to the dimensions of health belief
model, Likert 5-choice theory meter scale was used
and the time period of jogging of patients was also
measured during the last week based on minute.
Ethical approval for this study was obtained from
Research Ethical Committee of Shiraz University of
Medical Sciences. Data analysis was performed using
SPSS software (Version 15, Chicago, IL, USA). Chi
square test, independent and pair-T test were used.
Significance level was considered as 0.05.