Outcomes of a church-based lifestyle intervention among Australian Samoans in Sydney – Le Taeao Afua diabetes prevention program

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Ndwiga, Dorothy W., MacMillan, Freya, McBride, Kate A., Thompson, Ronda, Reath, Jennifer, Alofivae-Doorbinia, Olataga, Abbott, Penelope, McCafferty, Charles, Aghajani, Marra, Rush, Elaine and Simmons, David. (2020). Outcomes of a church-based lifestyle intervention among Australian Samoans in Sydney – Le Taeao Afua diabetes prevention program. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 160, p. Article 108000. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2020.108000
AuthorsNdwiga, Dorothy W., MacMillan, Freya, McBride, Kate A., Thompson, Ronda, Reath, Jennifer, Alofivae-Doorbinia, Olataga, Abbott, Penelope, McCafferty, Charles, Aghajani, Marra, Rush, Elaine and Simmons, David
Abstract

Aims
To evaluate the effectiveness of a culturally adapted, church-based lifestyle intervention among Australian Samoans living in Sydney.

Methods
This was a prospective, pre-post study of a church-wide education and support programme delivered by Community Coach Facilitators and Peer Support Facilitators to prevent, and promote self-management of, Type 2 diabetes. Participants completed questionnaires, anthropometric and HbA1c measurements before and 3–8 months after the intervention. The primary outcome was HbA1c.

Results
Overall, 68/107(63.5%) participants completed both before and after intervention data collection (mean age 48.9 ± 14.2 years; 57.2% female). HbA1c dropped significantly between baseline and follow-up among participants with known diabetes (8.1 ± 2.4% (65 mmol/mol) vs 7.4 ± 1.8% (57 mmol/mol); p = 0.040) and non-significantly among participants with newly diagnosed diabetes (8.0 ± 2.1% (64 mmol/mol) vs 7.1 ± 2.3 (54 mmol/mol); p = 0.131). Participants with no diabetes increased their weekly moderate and vigorous physical activity (316.1 ± 291.6mins vs 562.4 ± 486.6mins; p = 0.007) and their diabetes knowledge also improved post-intervention (42.0 ± 13.5% to 61.3 ± 20.2%; p < 0.001). There were no significant reductions in blood pressure, BMI or waist circumference at follow-up.

Conclusions
A structured, church-based, culturally tailored lifestyle intervention showed a number of improvements in diabetes risk among Samoans in Sydney. The intervention however, requires a more rigorous testing in a larger randomised controlled trial over a longer time period.

Keywordstype 2 diabetes; Samoans; readiness to change; interventions; obesity; exercise; diet
Year2020
JournalDiabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Journal citation160, p. Article 108000
PublisherElsevier B.V.
ISSN0168-8227
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2020.108000
Scopus EID2-s2.0-85077661140
Research or scholarlyResearch
Page range1-11
FunderSouth Western Sydney Local Health District
South Western Sydney Primary Health Network
WentWest Health Care
WentWorth Health Care Limited
Translational Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University
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Online03 Jan 2020
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Accepted31 Dec 2019
Deposited25 Aug 2022
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