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Effectiveness of a 12‐week school‐based educational preventive programme on weight and fasting blood glucose in “at‐risk” adolescents of type 2 diabetes mellitus: Randomized controlled trial
Author(s) -
Bani Salameh Ayman,
Alsheyab Nihaya,
Elhneiti Mamdouh,
Shaheen Abeer,
Williams Leonie M.,
Gallagher Robyn
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of nursing practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1440-172X
pISSN - 1322-7114
DOI - 10.1111/ijn.12528
Subject(s) - medicine , overweight , randomized controlled trial , obesity , diabetes mellitus , type 2 diabetes , impaired fasting glucose , intervention (counseling) , type 2 diabetes mellitus , physical therapy , endocrinology , impaired glucose tolerance , nursing
To assess the effectiveness of a 12‐week school‐based educational preventive programme for type 2 diabetes by change in weight and fasting blood glucose level in Jordanian adolescents. Sixteen percent of Jordanian adults have obesity‐related type 2 diabetes and 5.6% of obese adolescents examined, however one‐third unexamined. Rates in Arabic countries will double in 20 years, but this can be prevented and reversed by controlling obesity. A single‐blinded randomized controlled trial was conducted in 2 unisex high schools in Irbid, Jordan, in 2012. Intervention and control participants, aged 12 to 18 years, were visibly overweight/obese. They were randomly allocated to the intervention (n = 205) or control (n = 196) groups. At‐risk students were assessed before and after the 12‐week intervention, for change in weight and fasting blood glucose level following preventive instruction and parent‐supported changes. Mean age of participants was 15.3 years with equal percentages of both males (49.4%) and females. Post intervention, the intervention group, demonstrated statistically significant reductions: mean difference of 3.3 kg in weight ( P < .000) and 1.36 mg/dL (0.075 mmol/L) in fasting blood glucose ( P < .000). School‐based early prevention intervention effectively reduced weight and fasting blood glucose in Jordanian at‐risk adolescents.