Diabetes prevention in primary care (version 1)
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Primary care as a setting for diabetes prevention: a qualitative study of lifestyle advice for diabetes prevention
IRAS ID
141733
Contact name
Josie Messina
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Manchester
Research summary
Type 2 diabetes is a condition that is impacting on millions of people around the globe; however, many future cases can be prevented through lifestyle interventions (such as advice about diet and physical activity). Primary care is an important setting for diabetes prevention because it is a patient’s primary point of contact with the health care system; GPs, nurses, and health practitioners can provide advice/counselling on healthy eating, physical activity, as well as monitoring of health outcomes. These things are all essential for diabetes prevention.
While diabetes prevention in primary care seems to be straightforward, the evidence suggests that patients do not easily follow advice and change behaviour, and that targeted and tailored advice can be more effective in preventing diabetes. Thus, offering this type of advice in a primary care setting can be challenging. This study explores the factors influencing diabetes prevention in a primary care setting, in order to understand the of types of information provided by health practitioners in primary care and to explore how patients respond to prevention messages.
This study will use the qualitative method of observations of health practitioner consultations for the first phase of this project to gain insight into how practitioners provide lifestyle advice to patients. In the second phase, in-depth interviews with patients and practitioners will explore diabetes prevention advice offered in primary care settings. Findings from the study will highlight the barriers and facilitators to diabetes prevention in primary care in order to inform the design of future preventative strategies. The information can be used to tailor and target interventions for patients, and this may result in more people seeking information on the prevention of diabetes.
REC name
South Central - Oxford C Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
14/SC/0097
Date of REC Opinion
19 Feb 2014
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion