A Wearable Technology Delivering a Web-Based Diabetes Prevention Program to People at High Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Intensive lifestyle interventions are effective in reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes, but the implementation of learnings from landmark studies is expensive and time consuming. The availability of digital lifestyle interventions is increasing, but evidence of their effectiveness is limited.

Objective

This randomized controlled trial (RCT) aimed to test the feasibility of a web-based diabetes prevention program (DPP) with step-dependent feedback messages versus a standard web-based DPP in people with prediabetes.

Methods

We employed a two-arm, parallel, single-blind RCT for people at high risk of developing diabetes. Patients with a hemoglobin A_1c (HbA_1c) level of 39-47 mmol/mol were recruited from 21 general practices in London. The

SUBMITTER: Staite E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7391669 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature