The Factors Predicting Physical Activity Among Vietnamese with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Hanoi, Viet Nam

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This cross-sectional analytic study aimed to explore the level of physical activity, and to predict personal characteristics, perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, and perceived self-efficacy on the physical activity of people with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Hanoi, Viet Nam. The study was based on the Health Belief Model¹and the findings of a literature review. A stratified random sampling technique was used to select one district hospital in an urban area and the other district hospital in a rural area of Hanoi, Viet Nam. The data were collected from 110 participants in an urban area and 136 participants in a rural area using self-report questionnaires. Stepwise multiple regression analysis revealed that the mean score of physical activity was 2062.20 MET (Metabolic equivalent)-minutes per week (SD = 1168.45, range 0.00 – 5520.00), and it revealed that 11.4% of participants didn’t have enough physical activity. It also indicated that only four variables (occupation of labor, perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, and perceived self-efficacy) were significant predictors of physical activity. These variables accounted for about 20% (R² = .20, p < .05) of the variability in physical activity. Because too few studies of these factors were conducted in type 2 diabetes mellitus in Viet Nam, further research in this field is necessary to determine if the findings of this study are consistent in this population. This study contributes scientific evidence of predictors of physical activity that can provide the basis for generating effective interventions to increase physical activity in Vietnamese people with type 2 diabetes mellitus, to control blood glucose, and to enable them to maintain their health.