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Supporting Patients in Lifestyle Health Behavior Change by Medical Students at Primary Care Clinics in Zefat Israel

A study testing Life style counseling in people with Life Style, run by Clalit Health Services at 1 site in Israel.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

Medical students from zefad medical school volunteer to assist patients with chronic diseases to make lifestyle changes. Each student will work closely with a family doctor who finds patients who need and want it accompanied by a change he introduced them and guide him on health status, medication and change the… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 20 to 80 years
Conditions the study is for
Life Style
What is being tested?
Life style counseling
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
29 participants
Where
1 siteIsrael
Study dates
Oct 2015to Jul 2017
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 20 to 80 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • aged 20-80
  • male or female
  • Chronically ill patients who suffers from hypertension, diabetes, obesity, stable heart disease, high blood lipids, etc
  • spotted by a family doctor needed a change in lifestyle to improve his health
  • expressed his desire to participate process consulting and support.

Who cannot join

  • patients aged less than 20 or more than 80 years
  • patients with complex medical problems and unstable heart disease
  • patients who are not interested in supporting.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Israel1 site
  • Clalit Health Center

    Safed

Other trials in Israel

About this study

Official title: Accompanying and Supporting Patients in Lifestyle Health Behavior Change by Medical Students at Primary Care Clinics in Zefat Israel

Medical students from zefad medical school volunteer to assist patients with chronic diseases to make lifestyle changes.

Each student will work closely with a family doctor who finds patients who need and want it accompanied by a change he introduced them and guide him on health status, medication and change the desired objectives.

In the program students will receive guidance on healthy lifestyle and support a patient to perform health changes in theoretical and practical. Training sessions will be held periodically, close supervision and guidance, counseling and cross-fertilization and updates from the scientific literature.

Read the detailed description

The challenge of the third millennium doorway medicine is dealing with an epidemic of chronic diseases caused by unhealthy lifestyle. Medical students spent many hours in acquiring knowledge in the medical professions but little time invested in studying fields related to medicine lifestyles.

On the other side, the family doctors in charge of health promotion in the community find themselves inundated with patients that often can make lifestyle on the one hand but a huge shortage of time for providing advice and support in favor of this issue on the other.

The Faculty of Medicine in Safed project exists "As you hear" where each student is asked to choose a project support and assistance to the community. Medical students who elected to be incorporated into this project with the assistance of patients with chronic diseases to lifestyle changes.

Each student will work closely with a family doctor who finds for patients who need and want it accompanied by a change he introduced them and guide him on health status, medication and change the desired objectives.

In the program students will receive guidance on healthy lifestyle and support a patient to perform health changes in theoretical and practical. Training sessions will be held periodically, close supervision and guidance, counseling and cross-fertilization and updates from the scientific literature.

The student will meet with patients and support them to make a lifestyle change in favor of health

Conditions
Life Style
Being tested
Life style counseling
Keywords
health behavior, consultation, undergraduate
Medical subject headings
Health Behavior

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Life style counselingBehavioural

    Life style counseling for chronic patients by medical students

Study groups in NCT02468973
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Life style counselingOtherStudents will meet chronic patients and will counsel for life style
Receives: Behavioral: Life style counseling

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. patients report of lifestyle change

    Measured: 2 years

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted11 Jun 2015 (estimated)
  2. Study startOct 2015
  3. Primary completionJul 2017
  4. Study completionJul 2017

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
29 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02468973
Sponsor's protocol ID
COM-0046-14
Status last verified
Jan 2018
First submitted
26 May 2015
Last updated
25 Jan 2018
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Life style counseling in people with Life Style, run by Clalit Health Services at 1 site in Israel.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 25 Jan 2018. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Israel. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

patients report of lifestyle change (time frame: 2 years). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 25 Jan 2018.

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