Purpose

The purpose of the study was to examine how gender was related to enrollment and number of sessions attended in the National Diabetes Prevention Program’s Lifestyle Change Program (DPP LCP).

Methods

To better understand program uptake, a population of those who would be eligible for the LCP was compared to those who enrolled. Estimates of those eligible were computed using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, whereas enrollment and sessions attended were computed using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Diabetes Prevention Recognition Program.

Results

Results revealed that although similar numbers of males and females were eligible for the program, only 39 321 males versus 121 007 females had enrolled in the National DPP LCP by the end of 2017 (odds ratio = 3.20; 95% CI, 3.17-3.24). The gender differences persisted even when stratifying by age or race/ethnicity. In contrast, no significant gender differences were found between the average number of sessions attended for males (14.0) and females (13.8).

Discussion

Results of the study can help inform efforts to market and tailor programs to appeal more directly to men and other groups that are underrepresented in the National DPP LCP.

中文翻译：

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在国家糖尿病预防计划的生活方式改变计划中检查性别差异

目的

该研究的目的是研究性别与入学率以及在美国国家糖尿病预防计划的生活方式改变计划（DPP LCP）中参加的课程数量之间的关系。

方法

为了更好地了解计划的接受程度，将有资格参加LCP的人群与报名参加的人群进行了比较。符合条件的人的估计数是使用国家健康和营养检查调查的数据计算得出的，而入学和参加的会议是根据疾病控制和预防中心的糖尿病预防认可计划的数据计算得出的。

结果

结果显示，尽管参加该计划的男女人数相似，但到2017年底，全国DPP LCP的入学人数仅为39321男，女性为121007（优势比= 3.20; 95％CI，3.17-3.24） 。即使按年龄或种族/族裔分层，性别差异仍然存在。相反，在男性平均参加次数（14.0）和女性平均参加次数（13.8）之间，没有发现明显的性别差异。

讨论区

研究结果可以帮助推销市场和制定计划，以更直接地吸引在国家民进党LCP中人数不足的男性和其他群体。