None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
One quarter of the world’s adults have metabolic syndrome. Lifestyle modification appears to be the key to reduce the risk of heart disease and diabetes in this population but there are no established, replicable program guidelines that can be used by health services to promote healthy lifestyle habits for people with metabolic syndrome. There is also no research to support the effect of such lifestyle programs for people with metabolic syndrome in terms of avoidable hospital presentations. This retrospective study aims to evaluate the effects of a novel multidisciplinary lifestyle intervention program, embedded in a health service, which aims to empower adults with metabolic syndrome to make behavior changes to reduce metabolic risk factors to prevent progression to chronic disease and reduce associated potentially avoidable hospital presentations. This program has been running at the health service for 2 years. This retrospective study will analyze routinely collected data to evaluate the effectiveness of the program.
Interventions
This is a retrospective evaluation of a lifestyle intervention program that has been running at a health service for 2 years.
Intervention group participants would have participated in an 8 week multidisciplinary lifestyle intervention program. The program comprised of 8 once-weekly 2.5 hour group education and exercise sessions with or without an additional 1 hour exercise session per week. The education sessions were based on adult learning principals and were conducted in the health service.
This is a retrospective evaluation of a lifestyle intervention program that has been running at a health service for 2 years. Intervention group participants would have participated in an 8 week multidisciplinary lifestyle intervention program. The program comprised of 8 once-weekly 2.5 hour group education and exercise sessions with or without an additional 1 hour exercise session per week. The education sessions were based on adult learning principals and were conducted in the health service. Topics changed over time (dependent on staffing), and may have included healthy eating, mental health, making changes, medication management, exercise and GP involvement in the management of health conditions and where to get support in the community. Exercise sessions were conducted in the health service or in the community and included walking, water exercise and local gym exercise.
Sponsors
Northern Health
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
40 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
This is a retrospective evaluation. Participants were eligible to participate in the lifestyle intervention program if they were adults (40 to 80 years) with chronic disease risk factors and were able to participate in moderate intensity physical activity. Participants will be eligible for this retrospective study if they meet the requirements for metabolic syndrome as defined by the International Diabetes Federation; National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; American Heart Association; World Heart Federation; International Atherosclerosis Society; and the International Association for the Study of Obesity joint statement. Additionally, intervention group participants will need to have attended at least one intervention session.
Exclusion criteria
Not meeting the criteria for a diagnosis of metabolic syndrome.
Outcome results
None listed