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Prevention of pre-diabetes in adults

Early identification and intervention on psychological problems in people in pre-diabetes

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN86375169
Enrollment
500
Registered
2013-10-04
Start date
2011-05-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2015-01-13

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Conditions

Pre-diabetes in adults Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Diabetes mellitus

Interventions

500 subjects were randomly allocated to one of five groups: Group 1: conventional diabetes education (blank control) Group 2:conventional diabetes education + metformin Group 3: conventional diabetes

Sponsors

Ministry of Science and Technology of The People's Republic of China (China)
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged 30-70 years 2. Fasting plasma glucose after a 75-g oral glucose tolerance test:>5.6 mmol/L,7.8 mmol/L, <11.1 mmol/L 3. Glycated hemoglobin <8.0%

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Those eligible students who refused to participate 2. Women who were pregnant during the study, planning to get pregnant or lactating 3. People with type 1 diabetes or confirm there has significant clinical complications 4. Having acute myocardial infarction, unstable angina or heart failure within 3 months before screening 5. Using drugs which significantly affect the metabolism of sugar within 4 weeks before screening 6. Having a clinical diagnosis for malignant tumors and treatment within 5 years before screening 7. Having severe mental disorder or suicidal tendencies

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. Changes of indicators of the oral glucose tolerance test and glycated hemoglobin reflecting the function of glycometabolism 2. Numerous neuroendocrine indicators reflecting the function of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis 3. Numerous psychological tests reflecting personality, coping style, social support, emotion, life satisfaction and alexithymia Outcome measures were assessed at baseline (T0) before the intervention, reassessed at 1 year and 2 years after the intervention, and then analyzed the psychological warning indicator of psychosomatic disease and optimization scheme for prevention of psychosomatic disease such as T2DM.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. To explore the psychological characteristics of pre-diabetes in Chinese adults, including personality, coping style, social support, emotion, life satisfaction and alexithymia 2. The relationship between those psychological indicators and neuroendocrine indicators or glycometabolism 3. At the end of study, a warning scale for T2DM should be designed and can be applied in practice

Countries

China

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026