Lifestyle intervention for type 2 diabetes patients - trial protocol of The Copenhagen Type 2 Diabetes Rehabilitation Project
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Current guidelines recommend education, physical activity and changes in diet for type 2 diabetes patients, yet the composition and organization of non-pharmacological care are still controversial. Therefore, it is very important tha...
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2009-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Current guidelines recommend education, physical activity and changes in diet for type 2 diabetes patients, yet the composition and organization of non-pharmacological care are still controversial. Therefore, it is very important that programmes aiming to improve non-pharmacological treatment of type 2 diabetes are developed and evaluated. The Copenhagen Type 2 Diabetes Rehabilitation Project aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a new group-based lifestyle rehabilitation programme in a Health Care Centre in primary care.</p> <p>Methods/Design</p> <p>The group-based diabetes rehabilitation programme consists of empowerment-based education, supervised exercise and dietary intervention. The effectiveness of this multi-disciplinary intervention is compared with conventional individual counselling in a Diabetes Outpatient Clinic and evaluated in a prospective and randomized controlled trial. During the recruitment period of 18 months 180 type 2 diabetes patients will be randomized to the intervention group and the control group. Effects on glycaemic control, quality of life, self-rated diabetes symptoms, body composition, blood pressure, lipids, insulin resistance, beta-cell function and physical fitness will be examined after 6, 12 and 24 months.</p> <p>Discussion</p> <p>The Copenhagen Type 2 Diabetes Rehabilitation Project evaluates a multi-disciplinary non-pharmacological intervention programme in a primary care setting and provides important information about how to organize non-pharmacological care for type 2 diabetes patients.</p> <p>Trail Registration</p> <p><b>ClinicalTrials.gov </b>registration number: NCT00284609.</p> |
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| Item Description: | 10.1186/1471-2458-9-166 1471-2458 |