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Meta-Health Clinic

UNSW researchers want to examine whether a 10-week group exercise, nutrition, and self-management program OR an individual telehealth counselling for older adults with Type 2 Diabetes and Osteoarthritis improves cardiometabolic health, fitness, quality of life and pain. [This study has CLOSED].

  • Cardiovascular

This study is now closed. Please refer to our Research Studies page to view our ongoing studies.

Study Purpose/Description

This project aims to examine whether a 10-week multidisciplinary group exercise, nutrition, and self-management program OR an individual telehealth counselling for older adults with Type 2 Diabetes and Osteoarthritis improves cardiometabolic health, fitness, quality of life and pain.

What’s Involved?

Participants will be required to complete Initial and Final Health and Fitness assessments. Following a baseline assessment, participants will be randomly allocated to the Meta-Health Clinic Group Intervention or the Individual Telehealth Intervention.

The group intervention includes attending the UNSW Health and Lifestyle Clinic in Randwick for an 8-week Exercise Physiologist and Dietitian program. These group sessions will be one hour (1hr) in duration and will involve 8x group exercise and nutrition education sessions by an Accredited Exercise Physiologist and Accredited Practising Dietitian.

The individual telehealth intervention involves four (4x) online sessions of one hour (1hr) duration once every 2-3 weeks supervised by an Accredited Exercise Physiologist and Accredited Practising Dietitian.

Recruitment criteria

The study is open to people who:

  • Are age 55 years and over,
  • Have been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes,
  • Have been diagnosed with Osteoarthritis,
  • Can safely undertake study exercise without assistance, and
  • Have access to and able to use technology to facilitate telehealth services (e.g. device, internet/phone connection).

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