NCT01735643

Lifestyle Intervention With an Interactive Video Game for Type 2 Diabetes Patients

Spielend zu Mehr Bewegung - Lebensstilintervention Durch Das Interaktive Video-spiel "Wii Fit Plus" Bei Personen Mit Typ-2-Diabetes Mellitus

• Status: Completed
• Phase: EARLY_Phase 1
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 220 (actual)
• Sponsor: West German Center of Diabetes and Health · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 50 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Due to overweight and unhealthy lifestyle the number of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus is increasing. Although in early phases the disease might be successfully treated by lifestyle change patients lack for motivation. Instead of increasing anti-diabetic medication a highly motivational system with low inhibition threshold is needed. Therefore, the investigators analyzed if regular use of the interactive videogame Wii Fit Plus over 12 weeks is able to improve HbA1c and weight in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Detailed description

Patients with type 2 diabetes were recruited via treating physicians or articles in magazines and newspapers. Participants were randomized in an intervention and a control group. The intervention group was sent the Wii, the balance board and the interactive video game Wii Fit Plus and were instructed to use these items 30 minutes each day during the next 12 weeks. The control group got the items 12 weeks later. At begin and after 12 weeks of intervention participants (and additionally for the control group: after 12 weeks of waiting phase) sent their health parameters, which had been measured in the context of the disease management program type 2 diabetes as well as questionnaires about physical activity and quality of life to the study center.

Conditions

• Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	interactive videogame Wii Fit Plus	Use of the interactive videogame Wii Fit Plus für 12 weeks.
OTHER	waiting	waiting for 12 weeks

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-01-01
• Primary completion: 2012-09-01
• Completion: 2012-09-01
• First posted: 2012-11-28
• Last updated: 2012-11-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany