Role of Interrupting Sedentary Time in Management of Type-2 Diabetes
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Investigating the Response of Glycaemic Excursions in Type-2 Diabetes to Interrupting Prolonged Sedentary Behaviour (Sitting)
IRAS ID
199361
Contact name
Andrew Collier
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Glasgow Caledonian University
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
The incidence of type-2 diabetes, along with diabetes related health complications, is increasing in society. Currently, healthy diet, exercise programme and oral medicines are used to manage type-2 diabetes. However, it is still challenging to control blood sugar level especially after meal, blood cholesterol (lipid), and insulin resistance with standard medical treatments in type-2 diabetes. Recently, many studies have discovered that people are spending most of their waking hours in sedentary behaviour (sitting). Prolonged sedentary/sitting time is associated with high blood sugar, high insulin resistance and high blood cholesterol levels. Lack of skeletal muscle contraction during sitting time can reduce sugar and cholesterol (lipid) breakdown in the blood. On the other hand, reduction in sitting time or interrupting sitting time with frequent short bouts of low intensity physical activity (e.g. slow walking activity) can maintain regular minimal muscle contraction, consequently; reduce blood sugar level, insulin resistance and blood cholesterol. However, how frequently patients should interrupt their sitting time has not been investigated in type-2 diabetes.
The purpose of this study is to prove the therapeutic role of frequent short bouts of light intensity activity breaks in sedentary time in the management of type-2 diabetes. An important part of the study is to assess patient views and experiences of this type of therapeutic intervention and how it could be supported by modern mobile technology.
REC name
West of Scotland REC 1
REC reference
16/WS/0094
Date of REC Opinion
15 Jun 2016
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion