An Evaluation of a Diabetes Self-Management Program.
Research type
Research Study
Full title
An Evaluation of a Diabetes Self-Management Program developed by Stanford University:A Feasibility Study.
IRAS ID
157467
Contact name
Sam Rice
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
NHS R&D
Research summary
Title: An evaluation of a diabetes self-management program in newly diagnosed patients: a feasibility study.
In wales approximately 7% of the population are receiving treatment for diabetes and it is predicted that this will increase to 11.5% by 2030 (APHO Diabetes Prevalence Model). With approximately 10% of the Welsh NHS budget (~£500 million for 2009-2010) being spent on diabetes services, the increasing cost is unsustainable. In an attempt to address this, efforts are being directed towards prevention and self-management of diabetes (Hex et al., 2012). The Stanford Diabetes Self-Management Program (DSMP) is a lay led 6 week program, delivered in a community setting. It offers the potential to be an easily accessible, and cost effective method for delivering diabetes self-management skills.The purpose of this Study is to assess the feasibility of conducting a large pragmatic randomised control trial (RCT) exploring the effectiveness of DSMP when compared to usual care in patients with type 2 diabetes. Newly diagnosed patients with type 2 diabetes with no previous formal chronic condition self-management education will be invited to join the study. Participants will be randomly allocated to one of two groups; DSMP or usual care. In essence this study will be a mini version of the planned RCT, but instead of assessing the main outcome measures (blood glucose control, quality of life etc) we will be assessing the methods of the study. This will be things like effectiveness of recruitment strategies, willingness of participants to be randomised and how long it will take to collect and analyse data. This information will be used to develop a high quality protocol for a large RCT. Feedback from participants and course tutors will also be collected to inform future delivery of DSMP.
REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - Bradford Leeds Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
14/YH/1134
Date of REC Opinion
11 Aug 2014
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion