Understanding pre-diabetes from the patient’s perspective
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Understanding pre-diabetes from the patient’s perspective: A mixed-methods study aimed at improving the success of diabetes prevention programmes.
IRAS ID
242219
Contact name
Eleanor Barry
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Oxford
Duration of Study in the UK
4 years, 9 months, 1 days
Research summary
Background
Preventing type 2 diabetes is a major national priority. Diabetes rates are highest in deprived and minority ethnic groups. Lifestyle interventions have not been successful in reducing diabetes level in these groups. The reasons behind this lack of success are poorly understood. Few published studies have considered how pre-diabetes diagnosis is communicated to people, how people react to the diagnosis, or how their efforts to implement lifestyle change is influenced by socio-cultural context. Yet understanding this context and how people make choices about their lifestyles is key to the success of diabetes prevention policies.
Aim
To inform prevention programmes for type 2 diabetes with a richer understanding of how the diagnosis of
pre-diabetes affects people’s feelings, attitudes and behaviour in different socio-cultural contexts.
Design and Methods
Work Package 1: Focus groups of Healthcare Professionals to explore how they inform people of their pre-diabetes diagnosis.Work Package 2: Qualitative research in 30 people with pre-diabetes from identified high risk areas.
Three qualitative methods:
• narrative interviews (in which participants tell stories);
• ‘cultural probes’ (in which participants use cameras, scrapbooks and other tools to build a picture of
what is important in their lives);
• ‘go along’ interviews (in which the participant takes the researcher on a journey around their local area).
These methods will provide insights into how ‘pre-diabetes’ affects identity, aspects of daily life and how peer relationships and material environments affect lifestyle choices.REC name
London - Surrey Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
18/LO/0479
Date of REC Opinion
12 Apr 2018
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion