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Diabetes Prevention Project - Telephone Support Follow-Up Study
The major aim of this project was to test the effectiveness of a simple support intervention to aid self-management - telephone follow up - in maintaining the health benefits for people who had participated in the Diabetes Prevention Project.
Participants were randomised to either a telephone support and self-care information (intervention group), or a self-care information only (control group).
Telephone support focussed on the project intervention goals and the participants' own eating habits and physical activity goals and how well the patient was achieving or maintaining those goals. Participants were phoned a total of 12 times.
After 18 months, data were collected by a self-administered questionnaire and clinical and physical measurements taken from a total of 169 participants. The outcomes of primary interest were the biochemical and physical measurements - weight, waist circumference, blood pressure, total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, triglycerides, fasting glucose and oral glucose tolerance test - at 18 months after the original 12-month intervention, as well as adherence to self-care management guidelines, including diet and physical activity recommendations. A secondary analysis examined differences between intervention (self-care guidelines + telephone counselling)
Grant details
Funding Bodies: Uebergang Foundation & the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Chief Investigator: Professor James Dunbar (GGT UDRH, Flinders University & Deakin University)
Associate Investigators: Dr Sami Heistaro (National Institute of Health & Welfare, Finland, formerly of the GGT UDRH, Flinders University & Deakin University) & Dr Steve Bunker (Medibank Private, formerly of the GGT UDRH, Flinders University & Deakin University)
Total Funding: $44,091 (Uebergang Foundation ($9,091), Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing ($35,000))