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Development of a Complex Intervention for Effective Management of Type 2 Diabetes in a Developing Country

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posted on 2024-06-19, 09:22 authored by TA Desse, Kevin Mc NamaraKevin Mc Namara, H Yifter, E Manias
There has been little focus on designing tailored diabetes management strategies in developing countries. The aim of this study is to develop a theory-driven, tailored and context-specific complex intervention for the effective management of type 2 diabetes at a tertiary care setting of a developing country. We conducted interviews and focus groups with patients, health professionals, and policymakers and undertook thematic analysis to identify gaps in diabetes management. The results of our previously completed systematic review informed data collection. We used the United Kingdom Medical Research Council framework to guide the development of the intervention. Results comprised 48 interviews, two focus groups with 11 participants and three co-design panels with 24 participants. We identified a lack of structured type 2 diabetes education, counselling, and collaborative care of type 2 diabetes. Through triangulation of the evidence obtained from data collection, we developed an intervention called VICKY (patient-centred collaborative care and structured diabetes education and counselling) for effective management of type 2 diabetes. VICKY comprised five components: (1) patient-centred collaborative care; (2) referral system for patients across transitions of care between different health professionals of the diabetes care team; (3) tools for the provision of collaborative care and documentation of care; (4) diabetes education and counselling by trained diabetes educators; and (5) contextualised diabetes education curriculum, educational materials, and documentation tools for diabetes education and counselling. Implementation of the intervention may help to promote evidence-based, patient-centred, and contextualised diabetes care for improved patient outcomes in a developing country.

History

Journal

Journal of Clinical Medicine

Volume

11

Article number

1149

Pagination

1-19

Location

Basel, Switzerland

Open access

  • Yes

ISSN

2077-0383

eISSN

2077-0383

Language

English

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Issue

5

Publisher

MDPI