Evaluation of a Lifestyle Medicine Practice

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This project will evaluate the success of the PI's lifestyle medicine practice.

Detailed Description
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The main objective of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the PI's lifestyle medicine practice over time. Sub-objectives are: Understand variables that affect success in application of lifestyle medicine to lead to improved patient outcomes. Develop a model for practice evaluation that can be utilized for board certification of providers and practices that utilize lifestyle medicine. Evaluate the reimbursement success of lifestyle medicine services as a factor of billing codes and insurance providers.

Official Title
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Evaluation of a Lifestyle Medicine Practice

Conditions
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Chronic Lifestyle Related Disease, Diabetes, Overweight and Obesity, Dyslipidemias, Hypertension, Cardiovascular Diseases

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Lifestyle Medicine


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Adult patients who are seen by the PI in his lifestyle medicine practice at Muntean Health Care. Exclusion Criteria: none

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Interventional Model Description: Patients are being treated with established lifestyle medicine modalities, tailored to the individual patient need and situation.
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Lifestyle Medicine<br>Patients presenting for lifestyle medicine treatment to prevent, arrest or reverse chronic lifestyle related diseases. | Behavioral: Lifestyle Medicine<br>* Treatment modalities consist of encouraging a plant based, whole food diet, physical activity, stress management, healthy sleep, control of unhealthy habits.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Weight | change in weight | 1 year | 
| Systolic Blood Pressure | change in systolic blood pressure | 1 year | 
| Diastolic Blood Pressure | change in diastolic blood pressure | 1 year | 
| Glycosylated hemoglobin | change in glycosylated hemoglobin | 1 year | 
| Total cholesterol | change in total cholesterol | 1 year | 
| low density lipoprotein cholesterol | change in low density lipoprotein cholesterol | 1 year | 
| triglycerides | change in triglycerides | 1 year | 
| high density lipoprotein cholesterol | change in high density lipoprotein cholesterol | 1 year | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| steps | average number of steps per day | 1 year | 
| exercise | average minutes of exercise per day | 1 year | 
| fiber | average grams of fiber consumed on a daily basis | 1 year | 
| legumes | average quantity of legumes consumed on a daily basis | 1 year | 
| full plate | average percent of plate filled with foods high in fiber and water | 1 year |