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Is it possible to predict improved diabetes outcomes following diabetes self-management education : a mixed-methods longitudinal design

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Huxley, Caroline J., Sturt, Jackie, Dale, Jeremy, Walker, Rosie, Caramlau, Isabela, O'Hare, J. Paul and Griffiths, Frances (2015) Is it possible to predict improved diabetes outcomes following diabetes self-management education : a mixed-methods longitudinal design. BMJ Open, 5 (11). pp. 1-11. e008781. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008781

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Abstract

Objective:
To predict the diabetes-related outcomes of people undertaking a type 2 Diabetes Self-Management Education (DSME) programme from their baseline data.

Design:
A mixed-methods longitudinal experimental study. 6 practice nurses and 2 clinical academics undertook blind assessments of all baseline and process data to predict clinical, behavioural and psychological outcomes at 6 months post-DSME programme.

Setting Primary care.

Participants:
–31 people with type 2 diabetes who had not previously undertaken DSME.

Intervention:
All participants undertook the Diabetes Manual 1:1 self-directed learning 12-week DSME programme supported by practice nurses trained as Diabetes Manual facilitators.

Outcome variables:
Glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c), diabetes knowledge, physical activity, waist circumference, self-efficacy, diabetes distress, anxiety, depression, demographics, change talk and treatment satisfaction. These variables were chosen because they are known to influence self-management behaviour or to have been influenced by a DSME programme in empirical evidence.

Results:
Baseline and 6-month follow-up data were available for 27 participants of which 13 (48%) were male, 22 (82%) white British, mean age 59 years and mean duration of type 2 diabetes 9.1 years. Significant reductions were found in HbA1c t(26)=2.35, p=0.03, and diabetes distress t(26)=2.30, p=0.03, and a significant increase in knowledge t(26)=−2.06, p=0.05 between baseline and 6 months. No significant changes were found in waist circumference, physical activity, anxiety, depression or self-efficacy. Accuracy of predictions varied little between clinical academics and practice nurses but greatly between outcome (0–100%). The median and mode accuracy of predicted outcome was 66.67%. Accuracy of prediction for the key outcome of HbA1c was 44.44%. Diabetes distress had the highest prediction accuracy (81.48%).

Conclusions:
Clinicians in this small study were unable to identify individuals likely to achieve improvement in outcomes from DSME. DSME should be promoted to all patients with diabetes according to guidelines.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: R Medicine > RC Internal medicine
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Biomedical Sciences > Translational & Experimental Medicine > Metabolic and Vascular Health (- until July 2016)
Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Social Science & Systems in Health (SSSH)
Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Biomedical Sciences > Translational & Experimental Medicine
Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Diabetics, Diabetes -- Treatment
Journal or Publication Title: BMJ Open
Publisher: BMJ
ISSN: 2044-6055
Official Date: 2 November 2015
Dates:
DateEvent
2 November 2015Published
13 August 2015Accepted
15 May 2015Submitted
Volume: 5
Number: 11
Number of Pages: 11
Page Range: pp. 1-11
Article Number: e008781
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008781
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access
Funder: National Institute for Health Research (Great Britain) (NIHR)
Grant number: PB-PG-0808-17085 (NIHR)

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