Effects of Adding a Registered Dietitian to Rural Community Healthy Behavior Support Services for Management of Type 2 Diabetes

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Rural communities experience health care shortages of diabetes services provided by a registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN). This pilot study tested the feasibility of using rural community health screenings to recruit adults with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) and provide Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT), testing its impact on health, diet, and physical activity. Recruitment, retention, and adherence rates measured feasibility. Health markers (BMI, non-fasted blood glucose and lipids) were collected at an initial and follow up (6-9 months) screening. Diet (24-hr) and physical activity (7-day) recalls were collected at the MNT visits (initial, 1 mo, 3 mo). Paired t-tests and linear mixed models assessed mean differences between timepoints. Based upon the results from this pilot study, future testing of the efficacy of this approach in a randomized controlled study may be warranted and may allow for expansion of diabetes services in rural Indiana.

What you commit to

• Study type: Interventional
• Participants enrolled: 14
• From 16 May 2023 to the primary completion date, 27 Jun 2024
• 1 site in 1 country
• Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who the study is looking for

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

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