Relationship Between Physical Activity Level and Primary Care Costs in Older Diabetic Patients From a Middle-Size Brazilian City: An Eight-Year Follow-Up Study
ObjectivesPhysical activity and costs have been consistently related each other, but mostly in cross-sectional investigations. This study aims to investigate the relationship between changes in physical activity level and changes in healthcare costs among older diabetic adults in an 8-year follow-up...
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| author | Kelly Akemi Kikuti Koyama Monique Yndawe Castanho Araujo Luana Carolina de Morais Italo Ribeiro Lemes Rômulo Araújo Fernandes Bruna Camilo Turi-Lynch Flávia Mori Sarti Thais Cristina Delacosta Henrique Luiz Monteiro Jamile Sanches Codogno |
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| description | ObjectivesPhysical activity and costs have been consistently related each other, but mostly in cross-sectional investigations. This study aims to investigate the relationship between changes in physical activity level and changes in healthcare costs among older diabetic adults in an 8-year follow-up study.MethodsThe study followed 151 diabetic adults ≥50 years of age, for a period of 8 years, who were patients of Basic Health Care Units in the city of Bauru (Brazil). Medical records were consulted to obtain information on healthcare costs. Physical activity level was assessed through an interview. Data analysis included descriptive statistics, analysis of variance, and linear regression.ResultsParticipants who increased leisure-time physical activity from 2010 to 2018 accumulated less healthcare costs from 2020 to 2018. The magnitude of the relationship was small (r = −0.233 [95% CI: −0.379 to −0.076]).ConclusionIn summary, among diabetic patients, to increase leisure-time physical activity from 2010 to 2018 was inversely related to the amount of healthcare costs spent over the same period of 8 years. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4fd1000d621a4f4f8812d363466ce4752025-01-29T04:11:09ZengFrontiers Media S.A.International Journal of Public Health1661-85642025-01-017010.3389/ijph.2025.16076051607605Relationship Between Physical Activity Level and Primary Care Costs in Older Diabetic Patients From a Middle-Size Brazilian City: An Eight-Year Follow-Up StudyKelly Akemi Kikuti Koyama0Monique Yndawe Castanho Araujo1Luana Carolina de Morais2Italo Ribeiro Lemes3Rômulo Araújo Fernandes4Bruna Camilo Turi-Lynch5Flávia Mori Sarti6Thais Cristina Delacosta7Henrique Luiz Monteiro8Jamile Sanches Codogno9Laboratory of Investigation in Exercise (LIVE), Department of Physical Education, Sao Paulo State University -UNESP, Sao Paulo, BrazilLaboratory of Investigation in Exercise (LIVE), Department of Physical Education, Sao Paulo State University -UNESP, Sao Paulo, BrazilLaboratory of Investigation in Exercise (LIVE), Department of Physical Education, Sao Paulo State University -UNESP, Sao Paulo, BrazilDepartment of Physical Therapy, Sao Paulo State University -UNESP, Sao Paulo, BrazilLaboratory of Investigation in Exercise (LIVE), Department of Physical Education, Sao Paulo State University -UNESP, Sao Paulo, BrazilPhysical Education and Exercise Science Department, Lander University, Greenwood, SC, United StatesUniversity of Sao Paulo, USP East, School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, São Paulo, BrazilDepartment of Physical Education, Sao Paulo State University -UNESP, Bauru, Sao Paulo, BrazilDepartment of Physical Education, Sao Paulo State University -UNESP, Bauru, Sao Paulo, BrazilLaboratory of Investigation in Exercise (LIVE), Department of Physical Education, Sao Paulo State University -UNESP, Sao Paulo, BrazilObjectivesPhysical activity and costs have been consistently related each other, but mostly in cross-sectional investigations. This study aims to investigate the relationship between changes in physical activity level and changes in healthcare costs among older diabetic adults in an 8-year follow-up study.MethodsThe study followed 151 diabetic adults ≥50 years of age, for a period of 8 years, who were patients of Basic Health Care Units in the city of Bauru (Brazil). Medical records were consulted to obtain information on healthcare costs. Physical activity level was assessed through an interview. Data analysis included descriptive statistics, analysis of variance, and linear regression.ResultsParticipants who increased leisure-time physical activity from 2010 to 2018 accumulated less healthcare costs from 2020 to 2018. The magnitude of the relationship was small (r = −0.233 [95% CI: −0.379 to −0.076]).ConclusionIn summary, among diabetic patients, to increase leisure-time physical activity from 2010 to 2018 was inversely related to the amount of healthcare costs spent over the same period of 8 years.https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/ijph.2025.1607605/fulldiabetes mellitusphysical activityprimary carehealth care costsepidemiology |
| spellingShingle | Kelly Akemi Kikuti Koyama Monique Yndawe Castanho Araujo Luana Carolina de Morais Italo Ribeiro Lemes Rômulo Araújo Fernandes Bruna Camilo Turi-Lynch Flávia Mori Sarti Thais Cristina Delacosta Henrique Luiz Monteiro Jamile Sanches Codogno Relationship Between Physical Activity Level and Primary Care Costs in Older Diabetic Patients From a Middle-Size Brazilian City: An Eight-Year Follow-Up Study International Journal of Public Health diabetes mellitus physical activity primary care health care costs epidemiology |
| title | Relationship Between Physical Activity Level and Primary Care Costs in Older Diabetic Patients From a Middle-Size Brazilian City: An Eight-Year Follow-Up Study |
| title_full | Relationship Between Physical Activity Level and Primary Care Costs in Older Diabetic Patients From a Middle-Size Brazilian City: An Eight-Year Follow-Up Study |
| title_fullStr | Relationship Between Physical Activity Level and Primary Care Costs in Older Diabetic Patients From a Middle-Size Brazilian City: An Eight-Year Follow-Up Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relationship Between Physical Activity Level and Primary Care Costs in Older Diabetic Patients From a Middle-Size Brazilian City: An Eight-Year Follow-Up Study |
| title_short | Relationship Between Physical Activity Level and Primary Care Costs in Older Diabetic Patients From a Middle-Size Brazilian City: An Eight-Year Follow-Up Study |
| title_sort | relationship between physical activity level and primary care costs in older diabetic patients from a middle size brazilian city an eight year follow up study |
| topic | diabetes mellitus physical activity primary care health care costs epidemiology |
| url | https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/ijph.2025.1607605/full |
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