Lifestyle Intervention's Impact on Health Care Costs

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Conditions studied: Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Obesity

In brief

The ICAN Pilot project aims to evaluate the differences in economic, clinical and quality of life outcomes of a nutrition intervention involving lifestyle case management and medical nutrition therapy by a registered dietitian compared to usual medical care in obese persons with type 2 diabetes. The intervention is aimed at moderate weight loss (\> 5-10%), improvement in diet quality and an increase in physical activity.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00717158

Run by

University of Virginia

People needed

147

Starts

2001-05-01

Expected to finish

2003-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2008-07-16

Who can join

Age: 20 and older, up to 60. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• BMI > 30 kg/m2, calculated from measured weight and height.
• Type 2 diabetics on medication for their diabetes.
• Age 20 -60 years of age.
• Have phone.
• Fluency in reading, writing and comprehension of English
• Have Qualchoice as their primary health insurer.

You may not qualify if…

• Depression, BDI score > 20
• Pregnancy

Where it is running

• University of Virginia School of Medicine — Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

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