NCT00202748

Change of Lifestyle by Persons in Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

Phase 3 Study of Changing of Lifestyle by Persons in Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 220 (planned)
• Sponsor: Sorlandet Hospital HF · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 64 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

We know that changing lifestyle can prevent type 2 diabetes. The challenge is how to help people changing their lifestyle. We have people in 2 groups: half of them is meeting in grops of 10 persons (interventiongroup), the other ones are just visiting their doctor (controlgroup).

Detailed description

The intervention group are meeting different healt proffesionals (nurse, doctor, eksperts on nutrition,experts on activity and experts on how to change. They have 7 meetings in groups of 10 persons over 3 months. The controlgroup are just meeting their own doctor or the doctor in the hospital 2 times a year. We tell all that small changes are making big differenses (in weight and the chanse of getting ill). Everyone is told that lack of aktivity is the main reason to obesity. Lack of activity also influense in whar you eat. herefore is activity in the "center".

Conditions

• Type 2 Diabetes

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Increase in activity to control weight
BEHAVIORAL	Increase in activity to control weight.

Timeline

• Start date: 2004-03-01
• Completion: 2007-03-01
• First posted: 2005-09-20
• Last updated: 2005-12-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway