Can peer educators influence healthy eating in people with diabetes?

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN02954812

Enrollment

270

Registered

2004-09-30

Start date

2002-09-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2015-01-13

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Conditions

Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine: Diabetes Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

Interventions

The study will carry out a randomised controlled trial of peer education for healthy eating in people with diabetes living in Burnley and Bradford. These are areas with large ethnic minority populatio

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Adults with type 2 diabetes (defined as onset over 30 years, not on insulin within the first year). Registered with GP practices selected from socially deprived catchment groups (using Jarman scores) and with a high percentage of people of South Asian origin. 135 subjects will be needed in each group (270 total). This number will be split between Bradford and Burnley.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Does not match inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Differences in food/nutrient intake patterns between the group receiving peer education and the standard education package - specifically: changes in fat, saturated fat, energy, fibre, and fruit and vegetable intakes. 2. Assessment of the sustainability of any changes over a one year period. 3. Assessment of the ability of the peer educator to promote improvement in diabetic control over 3 months and 12 months as compared with the standard educational package alone. 4. Development of a culturally acceptable, health promotion intervention. 5. Difference in continued motivation to change between groups. 6. Difference in cost of intervention between the groups.	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Differences in food/nutrient intake patterns between the group receiving peer education and the standard education package - specifically: changes in fat, saturated fat, energy, fibre, and fruit and vegetable intakes. 2. Assessment of the sustainability of any changes over a one year period. 3. Assessment of the ability of the peer educator to promote improvement in diabetic control over 3 months and 12 months as compared with the standard educational package alone. 4. Development of a culturally acceptable, health promotion intervention. 5. Difference in continued motivation to change between groups. 6. Difference in cost of intervention between the groups.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Not provided at time of registration	—

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026