Development of a complex intervention to test the effectiveness of peer support in type 2 diabetes |
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| Authors: | Gillian Paul Susan M Smith David Whitford Fergus O'Kelly Tom O'Dowd |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland;(2) Department of General Practice, RCSI, Dublin 2, Ireland;(3) Trinity College-Eastern Regional General Practice Training Programme, Health Services Executive, Dublin 2, Ireland |
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| Abstract: | Background Diabetes is a chronic illness which requires the individual to assume responsibility for their own care with the aim of maintaining glucose and blood pressure levels as close to normal as possible. Traditionally self management training for diabetes has been delivered in a didactic setting. In recent times alternatives to the traditional delivery of diabetes care have been investigated, for example, the concept of peer support which emphasises patient rather than professional domination. The aim of this paper is to describe the development of a complex intervention of peer support in type 2 diabetes for a randomised control trial in a primary care setting. |
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