The DIAMONDS intervention for type 2 diabetes for people with severe mental illness: findings from a single-group feasibility study.

ABSTRACT: Diabetes self-management is critical for improving health outcomes, but people with severe mental illness (SMI) face additional barriers that complicate effective engagement with self-management behaviours and with existing diabetes services. This feasibility study assessed the acceptability and feasibility of the DIAMONDS intervention, a tailored type 2 diabetes (T2D) self-management programme designed for people with SMI and delivered by trained coaches over 16 weekly sessions, in preparation for a future randomised controlled trial (RCT). Thirty participants with both T2D and SMI were recruited, and 29 were included in the study. The thresholds for participant recruitment and retention for progression to the RCT were met. Twenty-three participants (66%) attended at least one interventio

SUBMITTER: Brown JVE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12689556 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature