LOFIT

General Design

Type: Clinical trial, Cohort study
Cohort type: Clinical cohort
Data collection type: Prospective
Design: Longitudinal
Design description: randomized controlled trial
Start/End data collection: 2022 (ongoing)
Design paper: LOFIT (Lifestyle front Office For Integrating lifestyle medicine in the Treatment of patients): a novel care model towards community-based options for lifestyle change—study protocol

Population

Countries: Netherlands (the)
Regions: Noord-Holland, Groningen
Number of participants: 364
Population age groups: Adult (18+ years)
Inclusion criteria: BMI range inclusion criterion, Clinically relevant lifestyle inclusion criterion, Health status inclusion criterion
Other inclusion criteria:
Patients with (an increased risk for) cardiovascular disorders (i.e. cardiovascular disease, hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes mellitus I and II) or with musculoskeletal disorders (i.e. osteoarthritis, total knee or hip prosthesis) aged ≥18 years are eligible for inclusion. Further inclusion criteria are (1) having a body mass index (BMI) of ≥ 25 kg/m2 and/or (2) smoking. Patients will be excluded if they are not able to walk at least 100 m safely (e.g. wheelchair-bound), are pregnant, are cognitively unable to comply with a healthy lifestyle intervention referral or to complete study measurements or are not able to communicate in the Dutch or English language.