Phone Call in Type 2 Diabetes Patient

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Behavior Change Behavior Diabetes Mellitus Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 Endocrine System Diseases Glucose Metabolism Disorders Metabolic Diseases Motor Activity Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Age range

40 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

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

Treatment and study plan

phone call support

Behavioral

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

Other names: couselling to behavior change

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Sao Paulo

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Registry information

Official study title

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

Important dates

Study start: 2008
Primary completion: 2008
Study completion: 2008
First posted: Dec 17, 2008
Registry last updated: Dec 17, 2008

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