Results From a Trial of an Online Diabetes Prevention Program Intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Online Diabetes Prevention Programs (DPPs) can be scaled up and delivered broadly. However, little is known about real-world effectiveness and how outcomes compare with in-person DPP. This study examined online DPP weight loss and participation outcomes and secondarily compared outcomes among participating individuals with parallel in-person interventions.

Study design

A large non-randomized trial supplemented by a comparative analysis of participating individuals from a concurrent trial of two parallel in-person programs: in-person DPP and the Veterans Administration's standard of care weight loss program (MOVE!).

Setting/participants

Obese/overweight Veterans with prediabetes enrolled in online DPP (n = 268) between 2013 and 2014. Similar eligibility cr

SUBMITTER: Moin T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6699502 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature