The effect of pedometer on blood pressure in patients with personalized physical activity counselling

Abstract

Introduction: The modern, electronic and trending method of studying the effect of the use of a pedometer on physical activity and hence the effect of body fat rate is a research topic.Methods: Participants were randomly assigned to control, walking (PAC) and pedometer (PAC-PED) groups, and personalized physical activity was prescribed. We wanted to note the practices we had on the PAC group for the exercises and follow the exercises on the PAC-PED group with the pedometer. The control group was not followed.Results: 52 patients in the control group, patients in the PAC group and patients in the PAC-PED group were randomly assigned. The mean age of all participants was 51.2 ± 14.5, the proportion of women by sex was 82.1%, and that of men was 17.9%. The mean blood pressures in systolic and diastolic values of the participants was 118.4 ± 19.4 and 72.3 ± 13.7, respectively. mean IPAQ score was 900.6 ± 852.6. Participants were followed as mean of 2.1 ± 1.3 (0.65 – 6.33) months. There was no difference between the groups as previous and next blood pressure values. However, there was a significant difference between the PAC-PED group and the control group in terms of mean blood pressure differences.Conclusion: There is no decrease in blood pressure in patients given individualized physical activity. However, the use of a pedometer instead of a follow-up card may have a positive effect on blood pressure values despite no monitoring method being used. Keywords: physical activity, pedometer, blood pressure

Keywords

• fiziksel aktivite
• pedometre
• kan basıncı
• physical activity
• pedometer
• blood pressure