Diabetes Prevention Program Translation in the Veterans Health Administration.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This clinical demonstration trial compared the effectiveness of the Veterans Affairs Diabetes Prevention Program (VA-DPP) with an evidence-based usual care weight management program (MOVE!^®) in the Veterans Health Administration health system.

Design

Prospective, pragmatic, non-randomized comparative effectiveness study of two behavioral weight management interventions.

Setting/participants

Obese/overweight Veterans with prediabetes were recruited from three geographically diverse VA sites between 2012 and 2014.

Intervention

VA-DPP included 22 group-based intensive lifestyle change sessions.

Main outcome measures

Weight change at 6 and 12 months, hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) at 12 months, and VA health expenditure changes at 15 months w

SUBMITTER: Moin T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6699500 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature