1. Evaluating the Implementation of a Digital Diabetes Prevention Program in an Integrated Health Care Delivery System Among Older Adults: Results of a Natural Experiment.
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Fitzpatrick, Stephanie L., Mayhew, Meghan, Rawlings, Andreea M., Smith, Ning, Nyongesa, Denis B., Vollmer, William M., Stevens, Victor J., Grall, Sarah K., and Fortmann, Stephen P.
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DIABETES prevention ,OBESITY treatment ,EXPERIMENTAL design ,GLYCOSYLATED hemoglobin ,EVALUATION of human services programs ,TIME ,DIGITAL health ,TREATMENT effectiveness ,HUMAN services programs ,WEIGHT loss ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,INTEGRATED health care delivery ,PREDIABETIC state ,OLD age - Abstract
The purpose of this natural experiment study was to assess the effectiveness of a 12-month digital Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) for adults aged 65–75 years with prediabetes and obesity within a large, integrated health care system. Adjusting for propensity scores and covariates, patients who enrolled and participated in the digital DPP had a mean weight loss of 8.6 lb over 12 months and 5.7 lb by 24 months, compared with a steady, minimal weight loss of 1.3 lb over 12 months and 2.8 lb by 24 months among patients not enrolled. There was a significant difference in mean change in A1C between enrolled and nonenrolled patients over 12 months (−0.10%), but not by 24 months (−0.06%). Digital DPP appears to be an effective weight loss option and potential diabetes prevention intervention for older adults at high risk for type 2 diabetes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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