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Administrative data

NCT number NCT02468973
Other study ID # COM-0046-14
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received May 26, 2015
Last updated January 23, 2018
Start date October 2015
Est. completion date July 2017

Study information

Verified date January 2018
Source Clalit Health Services
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Medical students from zefad medical school volunteer to assist patients with chronic diseases to make lifestyle changes.

Each student will work closely with a family doctor who finds patients who need and want it accompanied by a change he introduced them and guide him on health status, medication and change the desired objectives.

In the program students will receive guidance on healthy lifestyle and support a patient to perform health changes in theoretical and practical. Training sessions will be held periodically, close supervision and guidance, counseling and cross-fertilization and updates from the scientific literature.


Description:

The challenge of the third millennium doorway medicine is dealing with an epidemic of chronic diseases caused by unhealthy lifestyle. Medical students spent many hours in acquiring knowledge in the medical professions but little time invested in studying fields related to medicine lifestyles.

On the other side, the family doctors in charge of health promotion in the community find themselves inundated with patients that often can make lifestyle on the one hand but a huge shortage of time for providing advice and support in favor of this issue on the other.

The Faculty of Medicine in Safed project exists "As you hear" where each student is asked to choose a project support and assistance to the community. Medical students who elected to be incorporated into this project with the assistance of patients with chronic diseases to lifestyle changes.

Each student will work closely with a family doctor who finds for patients who need and want it accompanied by a change he introduced them and guide him on health status, medication and change the desired objectives.

In the program students will receive guidance on healthy lifestyle and support a patient to perform health changes in theoretical and practical. Training sessions will be held periodically, close supervision and guidance, counseling and cross-fertilization and updates from the scientific literature.

The student will meet with patients and support them to make a lifestyle change in favor of health


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 29
Est. completion date July 2017
Est. primary completion date July 2017
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 20 Years to 80 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- aged 20-80

- male or female

- Chronically ill patients who suffers from hypertension, diabetes, obesity, stable heart disease, high blood lipids, etc

- spotted by a family doctor needed a change in lifestyle to improve his health

- expressed his desire to participate process consulting and support.

Exclusion Criteria:

- patients aged less than 20 or more than 80 years

- patients with complex medical problems and unstable heart disease

- patients who are not interested in supporting.

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Behavioral:
Life style counseling
Life style counseling for chronic patients by medical students

Locations

Country Name City State
Israel Clalit Health Center Zefat

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Clalit Health Services

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Israel, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary patients report of lifestyle change 2 years
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