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Trial reportJournal of health care for the poor and underserved2017

Recruitment and Baseline Characteristics of Participants in the Lifestyle Improvement Through Food and Exercise (LIFE) Study.

Elizabeth Lynch, Laurin J Mack, Kelly Karavolos, Elizabeth Avery, Rebecca Liebman, Kathryn S Keim, Crystal M Glover, Leon Fogelfeld

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Trial report in Journal of health care for the poor and underserved, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 46% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Elizabeth Lynch
Laurin J Mack
Kelly Karavolos
Elizabeth Avery
Rebecca Liebman
Kathryn S Keim
Crystal M Glover
Leon Fogelfeld
Rush University Medical Center · US

Funding

STRESS MEASURES/PSYCHOMETRICSP50HL105189 · NHLBI · RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI ROTHSCHILD, STEVEN K. · 2010 to 2014
$10.5M
The LIFE Program: A Behavioral Approach to Glycemic Control in African AmericansR01DK092271 · NIDDK · RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI LYNCH, ELIZABETH B · 2011 to 2015
$3.1M
NHLBI NIH HHS P50 HL105189NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK092271
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

African Americans experience poorer diabetes outcomes than non-Hispanic Whites. Few clinical trials of diabetes self-management interventions specifically target African Americans, perhaps due to well-documented barriers to recruitment in this population. This paper describes strategies used to successfully recruit 211 low-income African Americans from community clinics of a large, urban public hospital system to a randomized clinical trial of an 18-month diabetes self-management intervention. Diabetes-related physiological, psychosocial, and behavioral characteristics of the sample are reported. The sample was 77% female, mean age = 55, mean A1C = 8.5%, 39% low health literacy, 28.4% moderate/severe depression, and 48.3% low adherence. Participants ate a high-fat diet with low vegetable consumption. Relative to males, females had higher BMI, depression, and stress, and better glycemic control, less physical activity, and less alcohol consumption. Males consumed more daily calories, but females consumed a greater proportion of carbohydrates. Gender-specific diabetes self-management strategies may be warranted in this population.

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Black or African AmericanLife StyleAgedAlcohol DrinkingBlood PressureBody Mass IndexDepressionDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Diet, HealthyEnergy IntakeExerciseFemaleGlycated HemoglobinHealth BehaviorHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHealth LiteracyGlycated Hemoglobin

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PMID28239013
PMCPMC5777146
OpenAlexW2589167030

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