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NCT Number: NCT03739034

Evaluation of a Lifestyle Medicine Practice

This project will evaluate the success of the PI's lifestyle medicine practice.

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Key information

Conditions

Chronic Lifestyle Related Disease Body Weight Cardiovascular Diseases Diabetes Diabetes Mellitus Dyslipidemias Endocrine System Diseases Glucose Metabolism Disorders Hypertension Lipid Metabolism Disorders Metabolic Diseases Nutrition Disorders Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases Obesity Overnutrition Overweight Overweight and Obesity Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms Vascular Diseases

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Ohio University

Athens, Ohio, 45701, United States

About this study

The main objective of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the PI's lifestyle medicine practice over time.

Sub-objectives are:

  • Understand variables that affect success in application of lifestyle medicine to lead to improved patient outcomes.
  • Develop a model for practice evaluation that can be utilized for board certification of providers and practices that utilize lifestyle medicine.
  • Evaluate the reimbursement success of lifestyle medicine services as a factor of billing codes and insurance providers.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Adult patients who are seen by the PI in his lifestyle medicine practice at Muntean Health Care.

Exclusion criteria

  • none

Treatment and study plan

Lifestyle Medicine

Behavioral

Treatment modalities consist of encouraging a plant based, whole food diet, physical activity, stress management, healthy sleep, control of unhealthy habits.

Primary outcomes

  1. Weight

    Time frame: 1 year

    change in weight

  2. Systolic Blood Pressure

    Time frame: 1 year

    change in systolic blood pressure

  3. Diastolic Blood Pressure

    Time frame: 1 year

    change in diastolic blood pressure

  4. Glycosylated hemoglobin

    Time frame: 1 year

    change in glycosylated hemoglobin

  5. Total cholesterol

    Time frame: 1 year

    change in total cholesterol

  6. low density lipoprotein cholesterol

    Time frame: 1 year

    change in low density lipoprotein cholesterol

  7. triglycerides

    Time frame: 1 year

    change in triglycerides

  8. high density lipoprotein cholesterol

    Time frame: 1 year

    change in high density lipoprotein cholesterol

Secondary outcomes

  1. steps

    Time frame: 1 year

    average number of steps per day

  2. exercise

    Time frame: 1 year

    average minutes of exercise per day

  3. fiber

    Time frame: 1 year

    average grams of fiber consumed on a daily basis

  4. legumes

    Time frame: 1 year

    average quantity of legumes consumed on a daily basis

  5. full plate

    Time frame: 1 year

    average percent of plate filled with foods high in fiber and water

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Ohio University

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
Nov 13, 2018
Registry last updated
Mar 10, 2022

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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