Program ACTIVE Results

 

          What Have We Learned?

 

 

Overview

Program ACTIVE is a study funded by the National Institutes of Health designed to test whether talk therapy and exercise could improve depression, diabetes and risk of heart disease in people with type 2 diabetes. 

 

Study Goals

1.     To see if there was interest in the community for this type of program;

2.     Improvements in depression from the beginning to the end of the study;

3.     Improvements in diabetes and heart disease risk factors from the beginning to the end of the study.

 

Results: Depression

·         Nearly 100% of people who completed the study attended 10 sessions of CBT.

·         At the end of the study, 70% of people no longer had symptoms of major depression. 

·         66% of people remained depression-free at the 3-month follow-up visit.

·         Depression symptoms dropped to mild levels for most people at the end of the study and follow-up visits.

 

Results: Exercise

·         Together, participants walked the equivalent of 8,885 miles during the intervention.

·         Participants exercised an average of 193 minutes per week during the intervention.

·         Confidence in exercise increased at the end of the study. 

·         Exercise levels decreased at the last follow-up visit.

 

Results: Diabetes

·         A1c values dropped .3% at the end of the study.

·         Fasting glucose dropped 21 points at the last visit.

·         LDL cholesterol improved by 12 points at the end of the study.

 

Thank You to…

  • Our Participants!
  • Rich Campitelli, Athens Community Center
  • Joe Leaman, HealthSouth Sports Medicine & Outpatient Rehabilitation Center
  • Al Miller and Debbie Piatt, Marietta Family YMCA
  • Holzer Clinic, Inc. - Athens

 

 

At a Glance

 

·         50 people in the Athens, Belpre, Parkersburg and Marietta were willing and able to be in the study.

·         Community partners were valuable in creating spaces for participants to exercise safely.

·         Participants walked 8,885 miles during the study and exercised 193 minutes/week on average.

·         Depression improved in most people at the end of the study. 

·         Most people remained depression-free at the last study visit.

·         Diabetes health improved at the end of the study and at the follow-up visit.

·         Participants reported improvements in well-being, support and confidence in their ability to exercise at the end of the study.

 

Contact

 

Mary de Groot, Ph.D.

Diabetes and Depression Lab

Department of Psychology

239 Porter Hall

Athens OH 45701

(740)-597-2564 or

1-888-771-0002

 

For updates, visit our website:

www.programactive.ohio.edu

for future studies