Type 2 diabetes Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Type 2 diabetes
Conditions
Interventions
The study is a psychological intervention, designed to change peoples? cognitions about their diabetes, with a view to improving diabetes self-management behaviours, and ultimately diabetes outcomes.
Sponsors
Health Research Board (Ireland)
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Have type 2 diabetes for more than one year, and at least two out of their last three HbA1c readings have been 8.0% or over, in order to identify patients with persistent poor control 2. Over 18 years of age 3. Have fluency in English
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with a significant mental or physical illness, as determined by the patients? clinician, will be excluded. ?Significant mental or physical illness ?is defined as any illness that is thought likely to impair the patient?s capacity to change their lifestyle behaviour or assimilate new information.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Primary outcomes will be collected at baseline and at 6-month follow up. 1. HbA1c 2. Illness perceptions 3. Psychological well-being | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary measures will be collected at baseline and at 6-month follow up. 1. Biomedical outcomes a. Blood pressure b. Body mass index c. Cholesterol 2. Diabetes self-efficacy 3. Social support 4. Daily activities 5. Self-care activities | — |
Countries
Ireland
Outcome results
None listed