The effect of the Talking Diabetes consulting skills intervention on glycaemic control and quality of life in children with type 1 diabetes: cluster randomised controlled trial (DEPICTED study).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the effectiveness on glycaemic control of a training programme in consultation skills for paediatric diabetes teams.

Design

Pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial.

Setting

26 UK secondary and tertiary care paediatric diabetes services.

Participants

79 healthcare practitioners (13 teams) trained in the intervention (359 young people with type 1 diabetes aged 4-15 years and their main carers) and 13 teams allocated to the control group (334 children and their main carers).

Intervention

Talking Diabetes programme, which promotes shared agenda setting and guiding communication style, through flexible menu of consultation strategies to support patient led behaviour change.

Main outcome measures

The primary outcome was glyca

SUBMITTER: Robling M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3339876 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature