Effectiveness, Implementation and Spillover Effects of a Culturally Adapted DPP in Spanish Primary Care Centers

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF THE BALEARIC ISLANDS · Mar 6, 2025

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ClinConnect Summary

Alongside type 2 diabetes (T2D), prediabetes prevalence is also rising, placing a significant burden on public health systems, individuals, and their families.

Promoting a healthy lifestyle that includes regular physical activity, a healthy diet, smoking cessation, and achieving and maintaining a healthy body weight can effectively prevent or delay T2D onset. Major diabetes prevention trials, such as the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) in the United States, have demonstrated that intensive lifestyle interventions can significantly reduce T2D risk in individuals with prediabetes.However, ...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Age ≥18 years; body mass index (BMI) of ≥25 kg/m2 (≥23 kg/m2, if Asian); fasting plasma glucose (FPG) between 1010 and 125 mg/dL, or plasma glucose of 140 to 199 mg/dl measured 2 hours after a 75 g glucose load, or HbA1c between 5.7% and 6.4%, or with a documented history of gestational diabetes mellitus during a previous pregnancy.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Previous diagnosis of type 1 or type 2 diabetes; current use of antidiabetic medications; pregnancy at time of enrollment; terminal illness; institutionalization; dementia or significant cognitive impairment; major surgery or hospitalization in the previous 3 months; presence of any medical or psychological condition limiting participation; and concomitant active participation in another clinical trial.

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