A social-network behavioral health program on sustained long-term body weight and glycemic outcomes: 2-year follow-up of a 4-month Microclinic Health Program in Jordan.

ABSTRACT: The burden of chronic diseases like diabetes and obesity is rapidly increasing in low and lower-middle income countries. This work assesses the long-term efficacy of a social-network based community health program for the management and prevention of type 2 diabetes.

Methods

The 4-month Microclinic Social Network Behavioral Health Program in Jordan (J-MCP) was an intervention for obesity and diabetes prevention and management conducted in the Kingdom of Jordan. Weight and HbA1c were collected at baseline, end of the 4-month program, and then 12 and 24 months after baseline. Multi-level longitudinal repeated measures analysis estimated the long-term change in metabolic outcomes, and estimated the intra-class correlations (ICCs) for assessing the degree of clustering that different so

SUBMITTER: Zoughbie DE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6307340 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature