Stress, Dietary Lapse and Weight Loss Among Adults With Type 2 Diabetes

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes

In brief

A clinical trial that uses personal digital assistants (PDAs) to assist in examining the relationship between self reported stress, an objective biochemical indicator of stress (salivary alpha amylase) and self-reported dietary lapse among type 2 diabetic adults who are interested/undergoing in weight loss.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00831194

Run by

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

People needed

70

Starts

2009-03-01

Expected to finish

2012-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-08-02

Who can join

Age: 21 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 21 to 65 years, seeking weight loss.
• Type 2 diabetes diagnosis by American Diabetes Association standard criteria. (Confirmed by physician's note or blood glucose reports in previous year or Prescriptions for medications to control blood glucose dated in participant's name within last year).
• BMI > 30 kg/m2.

You may not qualify if…

• Major depression.
• Cognitive impairment severe enough to preclude informed consent or valid self report.
• Use of medications that significantly affect appetite.
• Eating disorder.
• Inability or unwillingness to use PDA for 6 months.
• Inability or unwillingness to collect saliva samples.

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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