| Change of body weight and lifestyle of persons at risk for diabetes after screening and counselling in pharmacies. | |
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PMID: 18046620 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of pharmacy based counselling on changes in lifestyle and body weight. METHODS: Three months after screening a stratified sample of 3,800 randomly chosen overweight persons were addressed with questionnaires. Half a year and 1 year later the assessment was repeated. Standard counselling (SC; non-specific recommendations towards lifestyle), intensive counselling (IC; additional advice to reduce body weight) and counselling for persons at high risk for type 2 diabetes (HRC; recommendation to contact a physician) were compared. RESULTS: All counselling groups (SC; n = 557, IC; n = 568, HRC; n = 245) showed significant weight loss three months after screening (0.6-1.9 kg). A further weight reduction was observed at 1 year follow up (1.1-2.4 kg). The HRC group showed a higher percentage of weight loss than the IC or SC group after 3 months (-2.25% vs. -1.20% and -0.67%; P < 0.001) and at 1 year of follow-up (-2.74% vs. -1.54% and -1.29%; P < 0.01). Lifestyle changes in physical activity and/or nutrition were reported by 81.2% in the HRC group, 74.1% in the IC group and 67.0% in the SC group. CONCLUSION: Immediate counselling in community pharmacies after screening for type 2 diabetes can result in significant lifestyle changes and weight loss in overweight individuals. |
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Authors:
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Andrea Botomino; Rudolf Bruppacher; Stephan Krähenbühl; Kurt E Hersberger |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2007-11-29 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Pharmacy world & science : PWS Volume: 30 ISSN: 0928-1231 ISO Abbreviation: Pharm World Sci Publication Date: 2008 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-04-17 Completed Date: 2008-10-23 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9307352 Medline TA: Pharm World Sci Country: Netherlands |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 222-6 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Institute of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. |
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Body Mass Index Body Weight / physiology* Counseling Data Interpretation, Statistical Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / diagnosis*, prevention & control* Female Health Care Surveys Humans Life Style* Male Mass Screening Middle Aged Patient Education as Topic* Pharmacies* Questionnaires Risk Switzerland |
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