A Mixed Methods Evaluation of a Randomized Control Trial to Evaluate the Effectiveness of the Pure Prairie Living Program in Type 2 Diabetes Participants.

M Carolina Archundia-Herrera, Fatheema B Subhan, Cathy Sakowsky, Karen Watkins, Catherine B Chan

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in

3citing papers in PubMed

0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 41% of its field

1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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Contextually Appropriate Tools and Solutions to Facilitate Healthy Eating Identified by People with Type 2 Diabetes.Nutrients · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

M Carolina Archundia-HerreraDepartment of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, 6-002 Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Innovation Research, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1, Canada.

Fatheema B SubhanSchool of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2T4, Canada.

Cathy SakowskySherwood Park Primary Care Network, 150 Broadway Crescent, Suite 108, Sherwood Park, AB T8H 0V3, Canada.

Karen WatkinsSherwood Park Primary Care Network, 150 Broadway Crescent, Suite 108, Sherwood Park, AB T8H 0V3, Canada.

Catherine B ChanDepartment of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, 6-002 Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Innovation Research, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1, Canada.

University of Alberta · CA

Funding

Canadian Foundation for Dietetic Research N/ADanone Institute of Canada N/A

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The primary objective of this randomized control trial was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Pure Prairie Living Program (PPLP) in a primary care setting. Adults with type 2 diabetes were randomized into intervention (PPLP,

Indexed as

lifestyle interventionsnutritionPure Prairie Living Programtype 2 diabetes

Identifiers

PMID32503294

DOI10.3390/healthcare8020153

PMCPMC7349566

OpenAlexW3034032746

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