Modified Diabetes Prevention Program in Ecuador

Ohio University

Status: Completed

Conditions: PreDiabetes

Treatments: Behavioral: Diabetes Prevention Program

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04835636

OHTU2021

Details and patient eligibility

About

This pilot study will evaluate the use of a modified (cultural and language) adaptation of the National Diabetes Prevention Program in a cohort in Quito Ecuador.

Full description

This pilot study will evaluate the use of a modified (cultural and language) adaptation of the National Diabetes Prevention Program in a cohort in Quito Ecuador. People who took the program had the option to participate in the research component. All participants selected the research component.

Adaptations- the coaches will be physicians from PUCE and they will administer this program for eligible employees who have biochemical prediabetes.

The program will be modified to be able to fit within the school curriculum. The diabetes prevention program will be offered in Spanish and the content modified to better fit the cultural norms for the Quito Ecuador population.

Participants will be adults with prediabetes as screened by the CDC Diabetes Risk Test and confirmed by HbA1c.

Outcome measures will include change in mean HbA1c, change in weight, physical activity, and attendance to the program.

Enrollment: 33 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: Adults who worked at the university and had biochemical prediabetes.

Exclusion Criteria: Those with known diabetes, those unwilling to complete a 6 month intervention.