A Smartphone App-Based Lifestyle Change Program for Prediabetes (D'LITE Study) in a Multiethnic Asian Population: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Landmark studies have established that lifestyle interventions focused on weight loss, diet modification and physical activity can prevent diabetes progression. However, the effectiveness of mobile health application among Asians with prediabetes remains largely unexamined. We aimed to assess whether a smartphone app-based lifestyle intervention program would lead to weight loss, normoglycemia and improved metabolic indices in a multiethnic Asian population with prediabetes.

Research design and methods

This multicentre prediabetes RCT is part of the Diabetes Lifestyle Intervention using Technology Empowerment (D'LITE) trial. Adults (n = 148) with prediabetes and BMI ≥ 23 kg/m² were randomly allocated either to the intervention group (n =

SUBMITTER: Lim SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8819073 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature