Regulating Efficacy and Wellness in Diabetes (REWinD)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Status: Completed

Conditions: Diabetes Type 2; Metabolic Syndrome

Treatments: Behavioral: Walking exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT01790724

13146

1F31AG042232-01A1 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The propose of the study is to test the hypothesis that an eight week program consisting of walking exercise and social cognitive theory based group workshops will increase physical activity adherence six months later in older adults with type 2 diabetes or metabolic syndrome.

Enrollment: 125 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50 to 75 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• adults between the ages of 50-75 years
• individuals diagnosed with type 2 diabetes or metabolic syndrome (presence of 3 of the 5 criteria)
• physician consent to participate.

Exclusion criteria

• below age 50 or above age 75 at the beginning of the intervention
• exercising regularly more than twice per week for the last six months
• diagnosis of type 1 diabetes mellitus
• failing the Telephone Interview of Cognitive Status
• inability to communicate in English

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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125 participants in 2 patient groups

Walking exercise

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will be instructed in safe walking exercise. They will participate in an eight week, tapered, on-site program. Participants will also attend group workshops where they will learn self-regulatory skills such as goal-setting, self-monitoring, barrier trouble-shooting, rewarding, and relapse prevention and recovery.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Walking exercise

Metabolic health education

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants will complete an eight-week online metabolic health education course. Topics will include glucose control, insulin, weight management, nutrition, physical activity, eye/kidney/foot health, stress reduction, and doctor-patient communication.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Walking exercise