Physical activity behaviour in patients with metabolic  syndrome

Martin Murer; Christian Schmied; Edouard Battegay; Dagmar I Keller

doi:10.4414/smw.2012.13691

Original article

Vol. 142 No. 4344 (2012)

Physical activity behaviour in patients with metabolic syndrome

Martin Murer
Christian Schmied
Edouard Battegay
Dagmar I Keller

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2012.13691
Cite this as:: Swiss Med Wkly. 2012;142:w13691
Published: 21.10.2012

Summary

STUDY/PRINCIPLES: Physical activity improves the clinical course of the metabolic syndrome and its risk factors. The aim of this study was to investigate the physical activity behaviour in patients with metabolic syndrome in regard to the recommendation of the Federal Offices of Public Health (BAG) and Sports (BASPO): “to exercise half an hour a day at a medium intensity.”

METHODS: 47 patients with metabolic syndrome were recruited from the Outpatient Department of the Division of Internal Medicine of the University Hospital Zurich. 24 patients were included and physical activity behaviour was assessed by using the International Physical Activity Questionnaires.

RESULTS: All of the patients knew about the positive effect of physical activity on the course of the metabolic syndrome although 62% of the patients (n = 15) had no knowledge of the BAG/BASPO recommendations. 54% of the patients (n = 13) performed physical activity in accordance to the recommendation with or without knowing the recommendations. Most of the patients (n = 21, 87%) were motivated to improve their physical activity, but missing opportunities and instructions were important reasons for not being physically active.

CONCLUSION: Patients with metabolic syndrome usually know about the positive effect of physical activity on the course of their disorder and are motivated to improve physical activity behaviour. However, the BAG/BASPO recommendations are not widely known and should therefore become more popular and better communicated particularly to patients with metabolic syndrome. Furthermore, patients have to be supported and instructed practically how to get physically active in accordance with their co-morbidities.

References

Wagh A, Stone ND. Treatment of metabolic syndrome. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2004;2:213–28.
Alberti KG, Zimmet P, Shaw J. The metabolic syndrome-a new worldwide definition. Lancet. 2005;366:1059–62.
idf.org [homepage on the Internet]. IDF worldwide definition of the metabolic syndrome; [cited 2012 Jul 27]. Available from: http://www.idf.org/metabolic-syndrome.
AGLA. Kriterien für die Diagnose Metabolisches Syndrom. Pocketguide. Kardiovaskuläre Risikofaktoren und Biomarker. 2010.
Hauner H, Scherbaum WA. Metabolisches Syndrom. Lehrbuch Innere Medizin. Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag; 1999.
Eckel RH, Grundy SM, Zimmet P. The metabolic syndrome. Lancet. 2005:1415–28.
Steffel J, Lüscher T. Definition metabolisches Syndrom. Herzkreislauf. Heidelberg: Springer Medizin Verlag; 2010.
Ferraccioli G, Gremese E. Adiposity, joint and systemic inflammation: the additional risk of having a metabolic syndrome in rheumatoid arthritis. Swiss Med Wkly. 2011;141:w13211.
bag.admin.ch [homepage on the Internet]. Bewegungsempfehlungen BAG; [cited 2011 Juli 14]. Available from: http://www.bag.admin.ch/themen/ernaehrung_bewegung
Lamprecht M, Stamm H. Bewegung, Sport, Gesundheit. Bundesamt für Statistik; 2006.
ipaq.ki.se [homepage on the Internet]. International Physical Activity Questionnaire; available from: www.ipaq.ki.se
Stensvold D, Nauman J, Nilsen TI, Wisløff U, Slørdahl SA, Vatten L. Even low level of physical activity is associated with reduced mortality among people with metabolic syndrome, a population based study (the HUNT 2 study, Norway). BMC Med. 2011;9:109.

How to Cite

1.

Murer M, Schmied C, Battegay E, Keller D. Physical activity behaviour in patients with metabolic syndrome. Swiss Med Wkly [Internet]. 2012 Oct. 21 [cited 2024 Apr. 19];142(4344):w13691. Available from: https://smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/1611

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Most read articles by the same author(s)

Christoph Gräni, Dominik C Benz, Christian Schmied, Jan Vontobel, Mathias Possner, Olivier F Clerc, Fran Mikulicic, Julia Stehli, Tobias A Fuchs, Aju P Pazhenkottil, Oliver Gaemperli, Philipp A Kaufmann, Ronny Ralf Buechel, Prevalence and characteristics of coronary artery anomalies detected by coronary computed tomography angiography in 5 634 consecutive patients in a single centre in Switzerland , Swiss Medical Weekly: Vol. 146 No. 1718 (2016)
Iljas Rosenberg, Burkhard Gierer, Renata Flury, Edouard Battegay, Peter E. Ballmer, Motivational interviewing increases autopsy rates , Swiss Medical Weekly: Vol. 148 No. 4748 (2018)
Edouard Battegay, Multimorbidity is a game changer , Swiss Medical Weekly: Vol. 149 No. 3738 (2019)
Edouard Battegay, Navigating the geography of mortality – towards a GPS for Public Health Policy , Swiss Medical Weekly: Vol. 146 No. 1112 (2016)
Peter Hengstler, Edouard Battegay, Jacques Cornuz, Heiner Bucher, Manuel Battegay, Evidence for prevention and screening: recommendations in adults , Swiss Medical Weekly: Vol. 132 No. 2728 (2002)
Christophe von Garnier, Martina Meyer, Jörg Leuppi, Edouard Battegay, Andreas Zeller, Smoking cessation counselling: Impact of chart stickers and resident training , Swiss Medical Weekly: Vol. 140 No. 1112 (2010)
Florian Schneider, Vladimir Kaplan, Roksana Rodak, Edouard Battegay, Barbara Holzer, Prevalence of multimorbidity in medical inpatients , Swiss Medical Weekly: Vol. 142 No. 0910 (2012)
Christian Schmied, Sara Notz, Marco Cribari, Roman Gähwiler, Dagmar I Keller, Thomas F Lüscher, Cardiac pre-competition screening in Swiss athletes , Swiss Medical Weekly: Vol. 142 No. 2122 (2012)
Thomas Wolber, Chol-Jun On, Corinna Brunckhorst, Christian Schmied, Jan Steffel, Thomas F. Lüscher, Firat Duru, Patient satisfaction and clinical outcome following outpatient radiofrequency catheter ablation of supraventricular tachycardia , Swiss Medical Weekly: Vol. 140 No. 0304 (2010)

<< < 1 2

[1] Wagh A, Stone ND. Treatment of metabolic syndrome. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2004;2:213–28.

[2] Alberti KG, Zimmet P, Shaw J. The metabolic syndrome-a new worldwide definition. Lancet. 2005;366:1059–62.

[3] idf.org [homepage on the Internet]. IDF worldwide definition of the metabolic syndrome; [cited 2012 Jul 27]. Available from: http://www.idf.org/metabolic-syndrome.

[4] AGLA. Kriterien für die Diagnose Metabolisches Syndrom. Pocketguide. Kardiovaskuläre Risikofaktoren und Biomarker. 2010.

[5] Hauner H, Scherbaum WA. Metabolisches Syndrom. Lehrbuch Innere Medizin. Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag; 1999.

[6] Eckel RH, Grundy SM, Zimmet P. The metabolic syndrome. Lancet. 2005:1415–28.

[7] Steffel J, Lüscher T. Definition metabolisches Syndrom. Herzkreislauf. Heidelberg: Springer Medizin Verlag; 2010.

[8] Ferraccioli G, Gremese E. Adiposity, joint and systemic inflammation: the additional risk of having a metabolic syndrome in rheumatoid arthritis. Swiss Med Wkly. 2011;141:w13211.

[9] bag.admin.ch [homepage on the Internet]. Bewegungsempfehlungen BAG; [cited 2011 Juli 14]. Available from: http://www.bag.admin.ch/themen/ernaehrung_bewegung

[10] Lamprecht M, Stamm H. Bewegung, Sport, Gesundheit. Bundesamt für Statistik; 2006.

[11] ipaq.ki.se [homepage on the Internet]. International Physical Activity Questionnaire; available from: www.ipaq.ki.se

[12] Stensvold D, Nauman J, Nilsen TI, Wisløff U, Slørdahl SA, Vatten L. Even low level of physical activity is associated with reduced mortality among people with metabolic syndrome, a population based study (the HUNT 2 study, Norway). BMC Med. 2011;9:109.