A Fully Automated Diabetes Prevention Program, Alive-PD: Program Design and Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the United States, 86 million adults have pre-diabetes. Evidence-based interventions that are both cost effective and widely scalable are needed to prevent diabetes.

Objective

Our goal was to develop a fully automated diabetes prevention program and determine its effectiveness in a randomized controlled trial.

Methods

Subjects with verified pre-diabetes were recruited to participate in a trial of the effectiveness of Alive-PD, a newly developed, 1-year, fully automated behavior change program delivered by email and Web. The program involves weekly tailored goal-setting, team-based and individual challenges, gamification, and other opportunities for interaction. An accompanying mobile phone app supports goal-setting and activity planning. For the trial, p

SUBMITTER: Block G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4319077 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature