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

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

29 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-10-31

Study Completion Date

2017-07-31

Brief Summary

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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.

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Detailed Description

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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

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Life Style

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Life style counseling

Students will meet chronic patients and will counsel for life style

Group Type OTHER

Life style counseling

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Life style counseling for chronic patients by medical students

Interventions

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Life style counseling

Life style counseling for chronic patients by medical students

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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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.

Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No