NCT00810290

Lawrence Latino Diabetes Prevention Project

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 312 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Massachusetts, Worcester · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 25 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The Lawrence Latino Diabetes Prevention Project (LLDPP) is a community-based translational research study which aims to reduce the risk of diabetes among Latinos who have a \>30% probability of developing diabetes in the next 7.5 years per a predictive equation. The project was conducted in Lawrence, Massachusetts; a predominantly Caribbean-origin urban Latino community. Individuals were identified primarily from a community health center's patient panel, screened for study eligibility, randomized to either a usual care or a lifestyle intervention condition, and followed for one year.

Detailed description

The group format of the intervention included 13 group sessions complemented by 3 individual home contacts over one year and was implemented by individuals from the community with training and supervision by a clinical research nutritionist and a behavioral psychologist. Study measures included demographics, Stern predictive equation components (age, gender, ethnicity, fasting glucose, systolic blood pressure, HDL-cholesterol, body mass index, and family history of diabetes), glycosylated hemoglobin, dietary intake, physical activity, depressive symptoms, social support, and quality of life. Body weight was measured at baseline, 6-months, and one-year; all other measures were assessed at baseline and one-year. All surveys were orally administered in Spanish.

Conditions

• Metabolic Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	lifestyle intervention	A group-based intervention including 13 group sessions complemented by three individual home visits was developed using principles of social learning theory and patient-centered counseling. The intervention was intended to increase awareness of diabetes prevention strategies, foster positive diabetes prevention attitudes (i.e., self-efficacy) and promote healthy lifestyle behaviors in the target Latino population using literacy-sensitive and culturally-tailored strategies and materials.

Timeline

• Start date: 2004-07-01
• Primary completion: 2008-07-01
• Completion: 2008-07-01
• First posted: 2008-12-18
• Last updated: 2010-02-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States