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Currently submitted to: JMIR Preprints

Date Submitted: Apr 15, 2024
Open Peer Review Period: Apr 15, 2024 - Mar 31, 2025
(currently open for review)

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Effect of Personalized Exercise Interventions from the Fitterfly Diabetes Digital Therapeutics Program in Type 2 Diabetes: Real-world Effectiveness Evaluation

  • Madhura Bhagat; 
  • Anuradha Mandlekar; 
  • Vineet Nair; 
  • Archana Munje; 
  • Ritika Verma; 
  • Snehal Tanna; 
  • Amit Saraf; 
  • Tejal Lathia; 
  • Sudhindra Kulkarni; 
  • Mahesh Padsalge; 
  • Mangesh Tiwaskar; 
  • Chitra Selvan; 
  • Alpesh Jain; 
  • Manoj Chitale; 
  • Kirti Samudra; 
  • Arbinder Kumar Singal

ABSTRACT

Background:

Exercise intervention is effective in managing diabetes when delivered in a personalized manner. Personalization of exercise intervention following a systematic fitness assessment can lead to better health outcomes

Objective:

This study aimed to analyze the effect of digitally delivered fitness assessments and exercise prescriptions on the fitness and health outcomes of people with diabetes.

Methods:

Participants diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (n=86) enrolled in the Fitterfly Diabetes program which included interventions in nutrition, fitness, and mental health delivered via a digital platform. The participants underwent a video call-based fitness assessment consisting of the 1-minute push-up test, wall sit test, 1-minute sit-up test, V-sit and reach test, and 6-minute walk test. Trained physiotherapists conducted the assessments, developed personalized exercise plans, and shared them with the participants via the app. Regular follow-ups were taken. The participants were re-assessed after 90 days.

Results:

There was a statistically significant improvement in the fitness-related outcome measures (p<0.05), the anthropometric measures (p<0.05), and HbA1c (p<0.05) post-intervention. Improvement in exercise duration was associated with better outcomes in fitness tests and anthropometric measures.

Conclusions:

Personalized exercise intervention delivered digitally can help achieve better health outcomes in people with type 2 diabetes.


 Citation

Please cite as:

Bhagat M, Mandlekar A, Nair V, Munje A, Verma R, Tanna S, Saraf A, Lathia T, Kulkarni S, Padsalge M, Tiwaskar M, Selvan C, Jain A, Chitale M, Samudra K, Singal AK

Effect of Personalized Exercise Interventions from the Fitterfly Diabetes Digital Therapeutics Program in Type 2 Diabetes: Real-world Effectiveness Evaluation

JMIR Preprints. 15/04/2024:59523

DOI: 10.2196/preprints.59523

URL: https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/59523

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