The Impact of Lifestyle Medicine on the Sense Of Coherence and Biological Age in a Community Sample

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-02-01

Study Completion Date

2024-06-05

Brief Summary

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This two-arm, pilot, cross-over randomized controlled trial took place at Diabetes Laboratory, First Department of Propaedeutic Internal Medicine, Laikon General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece the from February 2024 to June of 2024. The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of First Department of Propaedeutic Internal Medicine, Laiko General Hospital(Protocol no 2401/February 27,2024)and was consistent with the Helsinki Declaration for human studies.

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RECRUITING PHASE2

Detailed Description

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Pythagorean Self-Awareness Intervention (PSAI) to a sample of community volunteers without pre-existing pathology, with the aim of evaluating the effectiveness of PSAI compared to a control group. Primary goals are to improve lifestyle (6 pillars), increase sense of coherence, improve telomere length and reduce perceived stress. Secondary goals are to reduce negative emotions, fatigue, neuroticism and inflammation. Also, the increase in self-efficacy, emotional intelligence, health locus of control, satisfaction with life and finally the improvement of memory and blood pressure. Measurements will take place in both groups before and after the intervention and included: Self-report questionnaires for measuring psychometric and lifestyle factors, cognitive assessment, body measurements, hair cortisol concentrations and blood sampling for telomere length.

Conditions

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Healthy Volunteers Only Healthy Adults

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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PSAI group

Behavioural counselling

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

PSAI

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Holistic stress management program implementing the pillars of Lifestyle Medicine

Control group

No intervention used

Group Type OTHER

Usual Care

Intervention Type OTHER

Usual care without specific treatment

Interventions

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PSAI

Holistic stress management program implementing the pillars of Lifestyle Medicine

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Usual Care

Usual care without specific treatment

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Clinically healthy adults
* Speaking and writing in Greek language

Exclusion Criteria

* Participation in another stress management trial
* diagnosis of any serious mental disorder
* short-term or long-term treatment with corticosteroids
* drug addiction

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes