One-year effects of a group-based lifestyle intervention in adults with type 2 diabetes: A randomized encouragement trial.

ABSTRACT: AIMS:To estimate the real-world effects of offering a group-based lifestyle intervention (GLI) to adults with diabetes. METHODS:This randomized encouragement trial included adult primary care patients in metropolitan Chicago with type 2 diabetes and body mass index ≥24 kg/m2. Participants were randomized to standard care (brief dietary and lifestyle counseling) or standard care plus being encouraged, but not required, to participate in a free-of-charge GLI offered by the YMCA. The GLI was a group-based adaptation of the Look AHEAD lifestyle intervention. RESULTS:Of 331 participants, 167 were randomized to standard care and 164 to the GLI encouragement arm. About one third of participants were non-Hispanic White (34.4%). In the GLI arm, 75 (45.7%) attended ≥1 GLI visits. In the primary inte

SUBMITTER: Liss DT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5990453 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature