Assessment of lifestyle for adults with diabetes type 2

This study used a descriptive correlational design to measure experiences related to T2DM patients' health and their lifestyle behaviors between April 1st, 2022 to July 1st, 2022. A convenience sample of 150 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus was done at the Diabetes and Endocrine center in Al-Diwaniya Hospital. The data was organized via a self-report study instrument with a socio-demographic section, a Type 2 Diabetes and Health promotion scale, and the health profile.The Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 26 was used to analyze the data, including the percent, frequency, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, Pearson correlation, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), and independent sample t-test. Results of the study concluded that the majority of its participants reported poor Physical Activity levels (n=80, 53.3%), less than half reported sound risk reduction (n=69, 46%), and about half of the patients reported proper stress management (n=79, 49.3%), more than half reported good Healthy Diet (n=78, 52%), more than three quarters reported overall fair behavior (n=114, 76%). In addition, there were statistically significant inverse correlations between subjects' age and physical activity, Risk Reduction, Stress Management, and overall behavior.The suggested recommendations by the researcher indicate that there is a need to establish activities related to health education to improve physical activity levels for type 2 diabetics; there is suggested to be a need to initiate health promotion activities that are aimed at the older generation with type 2 diabetes in a goal to improve their Physical Activity, Risk Reduction, Stress Management and Enjoyment of life.