Impact of applying a diabetes risk score in primary care on change in physical activity: a pragmatic cluster randomised trial.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

There is little evidence of the impact of diabetes risk scores on individual diabetes risk factors, motivation for behaviour changes and mental health. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of applying a noninvasive diabetes risk score in primary care as component of routine health checks on physical activity and secondary outcomes.

Methods

Cluster randomised trial, in which primary care physicians (PCPs), randomised (1:1) by minimisation, enrolled participants with statutory health insurance without known diabetes, ≥ 35 years of age with a body mass index ≥ 27.0 kg/m². The German Diabetes Risk Score was applied as add-on to the standard routine health check, conducted in the controls. Primary outcome was the difference in participants' physical

SUBMITTER: Seidel-Jacobs E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9098381 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature