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Evaluation of the impact of the Living with Style and Health Program on prevention and control of Diabetes and Hypertension

Living with Style and Health Program: pilot study of an educational approach for the prevention and control of Diabetes and Hypertension

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-45v5sw
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2017-08-29
Start date
2011-10-15
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-27

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Diabetes, hypertension, overweight, obesity, chronic disease.

Interventions

Behavior modification, mutual goal setting, Assistance in self-modification, counseling, decision support, health education, learning facility, teaching
Disease process, teaching: foot care, teaching: proposed activity / exercises, teaching: prescribed diet, teaching: prescribed medication. "Experimental group: 14 healthy individuals and 24 individual
Behavioural
I02.233.332
F02.784.176

Sponsors

Universidade Paulista - UNIP
Lead Sponsor
Universidade Paulista - UNIP
Collaborator

Eligibility

Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Volunteers over 18 years of age; Both genders; With or without diagnoses of diabetes or hypertension.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Volunteers under the age of 18 years old.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Increase in the consumption of healthy foods (fruits and vegetables) and in the frequency of physical activity / exercise in the group of healthy volunteers, evaluated through questionnaires; Increase in self-care with chronic disease, in the group of volunteers with diabetes and / or hypertension, evaluated through questionnaires. The increases were verified by the statistical difference between the frequencies measured before and after intervention.;Among the healthy participants, there was a statistically significant increase in the recommended consumption of salads (p = 0.02) and in the recommended consumption of fruits (p = 0.004). Among the chronic patients, there was a statistically significant increase in the frequency of "following the recommended diet at week (p = 0.01) and at month (p = 0.01)"; "consuming five or more servings of fruits and / or vegetables per day" (p = 0.01). In the latter group, there was a decrease in the frequency of "consuming red meat and / or foods derived from whole milk (p = 0.02)"; "Consuming sweets" (p = 0.04) and "consuming foods with excess sodium" (p = 0.01).

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Secondary outcomes were not expected.

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactMaria Brevidelli

Universidade Paulista - UNIP

meibi@unip.br5511982782266

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP)