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Trial reportMaternal and child health journal2018

The Impact of a Cultural Lifestyle Intervention on Metabolic Parameters After Gestational Diabetes Mellitus A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Dana Zilberman-Kravits, Naomi Meyerstein, Yones Abu-Rabia, Arnon Wiznitzer, Ilana Harman-Boehm

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Maternal and child health journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Dana Zilberman-KravitsNursing Department, Recanati School for Community Health Professions, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Yitshak Rager, 8410501, Beer Sheva, Israel. danaz@bgu.ac.il.ORCID 0000-0003-0256-5972
Naomi MeyersteinDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
Yones Abu-RabiaDiabetes Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel.
Arnon WiznitzerDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Helen Schneider Hospital for Women at the Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel.
Ilana Harman-BoehmDepartment of Internal Medicine and Diabetes Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Israel is increasing in all ethnic groups but most markedly in the Bedouin population. We aimed to assess the effects of a lifestyle change intervention on risk markers for type 2 diabetes after gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).

methodsOne hundred eighty Jewish and Bedouin post-GDM women were randomly assigned to a lifestyle intervention group (IG) or a control group (CG) starting 3-4 months after delivery. The IG participated in healthy lifestyle sessions led by a dietician and a sports instructor for 24 months after delivery. The IG participants had three individual 45-min counseling sessions and four 90-min group meetings (10 women each). The dietary and exercise recommendations were culturally adapted. The primary outcome of the study was HOMA-IR. We monitored clinical and chemical biomarkers 1 and 2 years after delivery.

resultsAfter 1 and 2 years of intervention, the metabolic measures improved substantially. The intervention reduced the insulin, glucose and HOMA-IR levels in the IG compared with those in the CG (p < 0.001).

conclusionsThis novel culturally tailored lifestyle intervention program significantly improved the metabolic and morphometric indices measured 1 and 2 years after delivery. These results highlight and underscore the importance of effective lifestyle change education following GDM.

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Diet, HealthyExerciseLife StyleAdultCultural CompetencyDiabetes, GestationalDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleGlucose IntoleranceHealth PromotionHumansIsraelMetabolic SyndromeOutcome Assessment, Health CarePregnancyProgram EvaluationGDMHOMA-IRLifestyleMetabolic parameters

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