Diabetes em Movimento® - Community-based Lifestyle Intervention Program for Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro

Status: Completed

Conditions: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus; Diabetes-Related Complications

Treatments: Behavioral: Dietary intervention; Behavioral: Exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02631902

UTras

Details and patient eligibility

About

Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease that affects approximately 13% of Portuguese population and is associated with a high cardiovascular mortality by coronary artery disease and cerebrovascular disease and with a serious decline on well-being. Lifestyle changes are widely recommended to the control of type 2 diabetes and its complications. This study aims to analyse the effects of different community-based lifestyle programs (exercise or exercise plus dietary intervention) on health and well-being in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Enrollment: 90 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Patients with diagnosed type 2 diabetes at least for six months;
2. Both genders;
3. Aged between 50 and 80 years old;
4. Non-smokers;
5. Not engaged in supervised exercise;
6. Community-dwelling;
7. Medical recommendation for lifestyle intervention;
8. Known medical history;
9. Diabetes complications under medical control (poor metabolic control, diabetic foot, diabetic retinopathy, diabetic nephropathy and diabetic autonomic neuropathy;
10. No cardiovascular, respiratory and musculoskeletal contraindications to exercise;
11. No gait and balance problems;
12. Not taking insulin or sulfonylureas for less than three months;
13. Volunteer participation with signed informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

1. Participation in another supervised exercise program during the study;
2. Participation in another supervised dietary intervention during the study;
3. Aggravation of a diabetes complication or another major health problem;

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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90 participants in 3 patient groups

Exercise

Experimental group

Description:

Community-based exercise program

Treatment:

Behavioral: Exercise

Exercise plus dietary intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Community-based exercise and dietary intervention program

Treatment:

Behavioral: Dietary intervention

Behavioral: Exercise

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Habitual physical activity and habitual dietary pattern