Adherence
High-frequency telephone-delivered lifestyle support (10 calls over 1 year) significantly reduces the incidence of type 2 diabetes in high-risk individuals with impaired fasting glucose, whereas low- or middle-frequency support does not.
If you are at high risk for type 2 diabetes (e.g., impaired fasting glucose), simply buying a scale or pedometer is not enough to prevent the disease. You need active, frequent support. A program involving monthly phone calls with a healthcare provider for a year, focusing on specific goals like weight loss and exercise, has been shown to significantly reduce your risk of developing diabetes.
High-frequency telephone-delivered lifestyle support could effectively prevent T2DM in participants with IFG in a primary healthcare setting, although low-frequency and middle-frequency phone calls did not.
Why this rating
Cluster randomized controlled trial with a large sample size (n=2607) and real-world settings, though lack of blinding is a limitation.
Source
Effects of telephone-delivered lifestyle support on the development of diabetes in participants at high risk of type 2 diabetes: J-DOIT1, a pragmatic cluster randomised trial
Naoki Sakane et al. · BMJ Open · 2015
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