Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Pragmatic Clinical Trial
Walking Away from Type 2 diabetes: a cluster randomized controlled trial.
This study aimed to investigate whether an established behavioural intervention, Walking Away from Type 2 Diabetes, is effective at promoting and sustaining increased walking activity when delivered within primary care. ⋯ A pragmatic low-resource group-based structured education programme with pedometer use resulted in modest increases in ambulatory activity compared with control conditions after 12 months when implemented within a primary care setting to those at high risk of Type 2 diabetes mellitus; however, the results were not maintained over 36 months.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Baseline characteristics of participants in the Kerala Diabetes Prevention Program: a cluster randomized controlled trial of lifestyle intervention in Asian Indians.
To describe the baseline characteristics of participants in the Kerala Diabetes Prevention Program. ⋯ The Kerala Diabetes Prevention Program recruited participants using a diabetes risk score. A large proportion of the participants had prediabetes and there were high rates of cardiometabolic risk factors. The trial will evaluate the effectiveness of lifestyle intervention in a population selected on the basis of a diabetes risk score.