Golf and Diabetes.

Type2 Diabetes Clinical Trial

Official title:

Golf and Diabetes Can an Introctionary Course to Golf and a Free 1-year Membership in a Golf Club Increase Physichal Activity?

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03353818
• Other study ID #: H-17001697
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 21, 2017
• Last updated: November 21, 2017
• Start date: May 1, 2017
• Est. completion date: July 1, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: November 2017
• Source: University Hospital, Gentofte, Copenhagen
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This a randomised, single-blinded, controlled study that investigate if a free golf training programme will increase the physical activity of type 2 diabetes patients.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 45
• Est. completion date: July 1, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: May 1, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with type 2-diabetes

• Physical activity less than 8000 steps per day

• Age > 18 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnancy

• Conditions that makes patients unfit for participation in golf

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Diabetes Mellitus
• Type2 Diabetes

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Golf
A free golf course and free membership for one year in a golf club will be given to participants.
• No intervention
Patients acting as controls will not be restricted in any ways.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	Department of Public Health, Research Unit and Section of General Practice, University of Aarhus, ,	Aarhus
Denmark	Center for Diabetes Research, Gentofte Hospital	Hellerup

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Alexander Christensen	Research Unit for General Practice, Aarhus University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Physical activity	Change in physical activity level from baseline to end of study evaluated by 7-days wear of accelerometers.	Evaluated at baseline and after 6 and 12 months
Secondary	Quality of life	Use of validated questionaries to evaluate impact of quality of life	Evaluated at baseline and after 6 and 12 months
Secondary	Hand muscle strength	Change in hand muscle strength	Evaluated at baseline and after 6 and 12 months
Secondary	Diabetic control	Changes in diabetes related biochemistry and cardiovascular risk factors	Evaluated at baseline and after 6 and 12 months
Secondary	Adherence	Adherence evaluated with diarries	Evaluated at baseline and after 6 and 12 months
Secondary	Estimated VO2max	Two point bicycle test, where an estimated VO2 max can be calculated	Evaluated at baseline and after 6 and 12 months