NCT00943254

Metabolic Syndrome Diagnosis and Education Trial

Metabolic Syndrome: Impact of Receiving the Diagnosis and Education Intervention on Cardiovascular Risk Factor Modification and Willingness to Change

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 74 (actual)
• Sponsor: Mayo Clinic · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study is being done to gain knowledge on how effective different approaches of providing a diagnosis and varying educational tools that include DVDs and multimedia or printed instruction sheets on your readiness to increase the subject's level of exercise, lose more weight, eat a healthier diet; and to assess the subject's awareness of their risk of heart disease and their readiness to participate in a comprehensive lifestyle modification program.

Conditions

• Metabolic Cardiovascular Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	High-Tech Education	Patients will be told that they have the metabolic syndrome and will subsequently watch two 10-minute videos on the metabolic syndrome and on getting started with exercise. They also receive all the paper-based educational material as in arm 2
OTHER	Low-Tech Education	Patients will be told that they have the metabolic syndrome and will subsequently receive paper-based educational material on the metabolic syndrome,pre-diabetes, and hypertension. They also receive pamphlets on dietary management of high cholesterol and triglycerides, and the importance of exercise and weight loss.

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-10-01
• Primary completion: 2010-08-01
• Completion: 2010-08-01
• First posted: 2009-07-22
• Last updated: 2010-10-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States