Joining forces to develop and evaluate a toolkit to promote sustained lifestyle change among overweight and obese multimorbid individuals with a combination of the chronic diseases type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, and/or cancer: the Lifestyle medicine for individuals with multiple chronic diseases (LifeMeds) study

Conditions: multimorbiditeit (type 2 diabetes, hart- en vaatziekten en/of kanker)
comorbidity
multimorbidity
multiple chronic diseases

Registration Number: NL-OMON56754

Lead Sponsor: niversiteit van Tilburg

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Pending

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

- A combination of cancer (colorectal, breast), CVD (Stroke, IHD, Peripheral
Artery Disease) and/or T2DM.
- A BMI of 25 or higher
- Aged 18 years or older

Exclusion Criteria

- A life expectancy of less than 1 year
- Not fluent enough in spoken Dutch or English language at a sufficient level
to be able to complete questionnaires.
- Refusal to IC.
- With significant cognitive impairment (e.g. major neurocognitive disorder)
- Diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder

Study & Design

Study Type: Observational non invasive

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>In-depth information on the most important perceived barriers and facilitators<br /><br>of sustained lifestyle (change) (obtained from the interviews and focus groups)<br /><br>and insight into the real-time interrelation and relative importance of<br /><br>observed barriers and facilitators of lifestyle (change) and how these are<br /><br>influenced by contextual factors (e.g. social and physical environment).<br /><br>Eventually, the study endpoint is a co-created toolkit and training program for<br /><br>the promotion of (sustained) lifestyle changes. These will undergo feasibility<br /><br>and pre-efficacy testing, ultimately resulting in a plan for its adoption,<br /><br>implementation, and evaluation. </p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures