A Preliminary Study of the Effects of a Multitheory-Driven Intervention in Adults With Prediabetes Mellitus
Background:
Prediabetes mellitus (pre-DM) is an important predictive indicator of Type 2 diabetes. A person with pre-DM is eight times more likely to develop diabetes than a person without pre-DM. Prior research suggests that proactive interventions may delay the progression of this disease and reduce the rate of disease development.
Purpose:
The purposes of this preliminary study were to develop a multitheory-driven lifestyle intervention protocol for adults with pre-DM and to evaluate its feasibility and impacts on knowledge regarding pre-DM, dietary behaviors, and physical activity (primary outcomes) as well as to describe the disease progression indicators (secondary outcomes).
Methods:
A single-group, longitudinal study design was used. Thirty-nine participants were included in the analysis. A generalized estimating equation model was used to determine the trends in changes in the outcomes. All of the participants underwent testing at baseline (T0) and at 3 (T1), 6 (T2), and 12 (T3) months after the 4-week lifestyle intervention.
Results:
There were significantly increasing trends for each study parameter (Pre-DM Knowledge Assessment Form-12, p
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