Telerehabilitation Intervention to Promote Exercise for Diabetes

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Conditions studied: Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Obesity

In brief

The overarching objective of this study is to develop an innovative strategy to address the problems of obesity and diabetes by promoting exercise adoption. An automated telephone intervention will be developed that can be used to enhance exercise adoption over a twelve month period in a population of overweight or obese veterans with Type 2 diabetes.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00334113

Run by

US Department of Veterans Affairs

People needed

89

Starts

2009-01-01

Expected to finish

2012-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-01-06

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Clinical diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus
• Receive a medical clearance from physician
• Be sedentary
• Be interested in exercising
• Have a BMI > 25 kg/m2
• Have an HbA1c between 7 \& 10%
• Be on medication for diabetes

You may not qualify if…

• Significant peripheral neuropathy
• Active psychosis
• Psych admission or substance abuse in the last 6 months
• Severe brain dysfunction
• Abnormal ECG
• Orthopedic related limitations
• Unable to understand English
• No direct access to telephone

Where it is running

• VA Medical Center, Jamaica Plain Campus — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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