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Recruiting High-Risk Individuals to a Diabetes Prevention Program

Author(s) -

Toralph Ruge,

Lennarth Nyström,

Bernt Lindahl,

Göran Hallmans,

Margareta Norberg,

Lars Weinehall,

Olov Rolandsson

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

diabetes care

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 6.636

H-Index - 363

eISSN - 1935-5548

pISSN - 0149-5992

DOI - 10.2337/dc06-2466

Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , intervention (counseling) , type 2 diabetes , randomized controlled trial , gerontology , incidence (geometry) , population , physical therapy , environmental health , family medicine , nursing , endocrinology , physics , optics

Lifestyle prevention programs in Finland (Diabetes Prevention Study [DPS]) (1,2) and the U.S. (Diabetes Prevention Program [DPP]) (3) have shown that the development of type 2 diabetes can be prevented. A cost-effectiveness study revealed that lifestyle intervention was effective in all ages (4). Whether lifestyle intervention will be cost-effective in the general population is determined by 1 ) the recruitment of the majority of high-risk individuals and 2 ) the compliance to lifestyle changes.We studied the recruitment rate in an open, randomized, and controlled trial aiming to reduce the incidence of diabetes. Intervention consisted of physical activity and dietary information that was to be organized by a nonprofit organization for the intervention …

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