Impact of a community-based lifestyle intervention program on health-related quality of life.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The presence of risk factors for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, or the conditions themselves, contributes to lower health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among adults. Although community-based lifestyle intervention programs have been shown to be effective for improving risk factors for these diseases, the impact of these interventions on HRQoL has rarely been described.

Purpose

To examine changes in HRQoL following participation in the Group Lifestyle Balance program, a community translation of the Diabetes Prevention Program lifestyle intervention for adults with prediabetes and/or the metabolic syndrome.

Methods

Participants enrolled in the 12-month, 22-session intervention program (N = 223) completed the EuroQol Health Questionnaire (EQ-5D-

SUBMITTER: Eaglehouse YL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5496447 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature