IS STRUCTURED EDUCATION EFFECTIVE IN ACHIEVING GOOD GLYCAEMIC CONTROL

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  IS STRUCTURED EDUCATION EFFECTIVE IN ACHIEVING GOOD GLYCAEMIC CONTROL IF IMPLEMENTED AMONG PRISONERS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL.

• IRAS ID

  323121

• Contact name

  Nkiruka Florence Enyinnaya

• Contact email

  f.enyinnaya@nhs.net

• Sponsor organisation

  Oxleas NHS foundation trust

• Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier

  n/a, n/a

• Duration of Study in the UK

  1 years, 0 months, 1 days

• Research summary

  The research question: Is structured education effective in achieving good glycaemic control if implemented among prisoners with type 2 diabetes: a randomized control trial.
  The study will experiment if structured education can improve self-management for prisoners with type 2 diabetes.
  Inclusion: Participants must be 18 years and above, prisoners with confirmed diagnosis of type 2 diabetes, sentenced prisoners who will stay for the duration of the study.
  Exclusion: All other forms of diabetes aside from type 2 diabetes, remand prisoners who are yet to be sentenced, short sentence less than 3 months will not be included.
  Recruited participants will then be allocated into two groups - the intervention group will be enrolled unto the 4 weeks structured education program while the control group will continue with the usual care.
  Sample size: 73 prisoners with type 2 diabetes in 4 London prisons will be involved in the study.
  Sampling design: Random sampling,
  Methods - prospective randomised study of adult prisoners with the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes who will be followed over a period of 6 months.
  Research instrument: standardized self-administered Likert scale closed questionnaire as a tool of collecting data.
  Data analysis: Statistical analysis including t-Test will be conducted to test for significant differences between the two groups.
  Potential outcomes and Benefit of the study: Structured education in the prison will enable prisoners with type 2 diabetes to develop the skills to effectively self-manage their condition. The study will inform policy and improve practice by ensuring diabetes care provided in the prison is equitable to the outside community. The results of this study will lead to further action being taken to improve self-management of type 2 diabetes and clinical outcomes in other prisons.
  Ethics approval- Integrated Research authority, His Majesty Prison and Probation services and University of Greenwich REC

• REC name

  London - South East Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  23/LO/0977

• Date of REC Opinion

  15 Feb 2024

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion