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

January 23, 2018 updated by: Dr Lilach Maletsky, Clalit Health Services

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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

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

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

29

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Israel
      • Zefat, Israel
        • Clalit Health Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

20 years to 80 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 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.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • 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.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Other: Life style counseling
Students will meet chronic patients and will counsel for life style
Behavioral: Life style counseling
Life style counseling for chronic patients by medical students

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
patients report of lifestyle change
Time Frame: 2 years
2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Clalit Health Services

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: lilach malatskey, MD, Clalit health services

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

October 1, 2015

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2017

Study Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 26, 2015

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 8, 2015

First Posted (Estimate)

June 11, 2015

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

January 25, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 23, 2018

Last Verified

January 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • COM-0046-14

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