Use of Computers to Prevent Metabolic Syndrome

An Innovative Informatics Platform to Deliver a Multidimensional Intervention to Prevent and Manage Metabolic Syndrome

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01713465

Enrollment

750

Registered

2012-10-24

Start date

2012-03-31

Completion date

2013-04-30

Last updated

2012-10-24

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Conditions

Metabolic Syndrome

Keywords

Diabetes, Hypertension, Hypercholesterolemia, Obesity

Brief summary

The objective of the proposed study is to design and evaluate a touch screen computer based multi-factorial intervention to educate individuals at risk of Metabolic syndrome in diverse Indian settings including urban, rural and slum in the State of Bhubaneshwar. The study objective is to improve metabolic syndrome related knowledge, attitude and practices among individuals using the proposed interactive, bilingual computer based educational program.

Detailed description

The rising prevalence of overweight and obesity has a direct correlation with increasing prevalence of hypertension, dyslipidemia, type2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), Metabolic Syndrome (MetS), and Cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Most of the previous studies in India have been cross sectional nature and have looked at prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome (MetS. Despite the clinical and public health importance of this phenomenon, not enough work has been carried out so far to study and remedy this situation. A computer based interactive and bilingual system is proposed to improve Metabolic syndrome related knowledge, attitudes and practices among individuals living in urban, rural and slum settings of Bhubaneswar, India. We propose to enroll 750 individuals and the eligible study participants will be randomly assigned to either the intervention (computer based MetS Program CBMP) or control (Printed Educational Material, PEM) groups. The study participants will be followed at days 30, 60 and 90 days following the baseline visit. The primary outcomes include change in knowledge, attitudes and practices and secondary outcomes include improvement in quality of life and increase satisfaction to medical care.

Interventions

OTHERComputer based Metabolic Syndrome educational program

Individuals in the intervention group will receive metabolic syndrome related education using a touch screen interactive and bilingual multimedia enabled educational program

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

30 Years to 75 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* adults age 30 years and above, agreeing to participate in the study available for follow-up interview.

Exclusion criteria

* mental and physical challenge that makes it difficult to use the touch based computer program nonavailability for telephone follow-up involvement in other clinical trials or protocols related to Metabolic Syndrome.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Frequency of participants with increase in Knowledge, Attitude and Practice scores	3 months
Frequency of participants with increase in treatment adherence scores	3 months

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Frequency of participants with increase in Satisfaction to Medical Care	3 months

Countries

India

Contacts

Primary ContactAshish Joshi, MD,PhD, MPH

ashish1875@gmail.com4435706018

Backup ContactShruti Mehta, PGDHHM

drshruti.mehta1@gmail.com8763717844

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 24, 2026