Phone Call in Type 2 Diabetes Patient

Behavior Change Clinical Trial

Official title:

Phone Call as an Intervention for Improving Walking Practice in Type 2 Diabetes: Influence of Personality Profile in This Response

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00810173
• Other study ID #: Fonseca-Guedes
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: December 16, 2008
• Last updated: December 16, 2008
• Start date: January 2008
• Est. completion date: October 2008

Study information

• Verified date: December 2008
• Source: University of Sao Paulo
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

To assay the influence of personality profile to promote behavior change adherence for physical activity using a pedometer. The investigators also studied the metabolic profile, diagnosis of depression, intention to change behavior, physical activity referred and the quality of life. Casuistic and Methods: a randomized "quasi-experimental" enrolling 48 T2DM patients using a pedometer for 6 weeks. The intervention group received phone calls stimulating them to increase their walking activity. The control group received only one telephone call to explain pedometer use. The investigators also analyzed the personality profile, quality of life, and metabolic and anthropometric indexes.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 48
• Est. completion date: October 2008
• Est. primary completion date: October 2008
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 40 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• to assign written informed consent

• to have a phone call number

• to agree to use a pedometer for 6 weeks to be able to write the data concerning their number of steps per day

Exclusion Criteria:

• don´t agree to assign written informed consent

• don´t have phone number

• don´t have conditions to answer all the questionnaire

• don´t agree to use pedometer for 6 weeks

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Supportive Care

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Behavior Change
• Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Intervention

Behavioral:
• phone call support
The intervention group received a phone call support for 6 weeks to incentive to increase the number of steps/day.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Sao Paulo