Type-2 diabetes primary prevention program implemented in routine primary care: a process evaluation study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Process evaluation studies are recommended to improve our understanding of underlying mechanisms related to clinicians, patients, context and intervention delivery that may impact on trial or program results and on their potential transferability to practice. This paper aims to document the translation of a type-2 diabetes (T2D) prevention program into the routine context of several primary care centers, assessing process indicators related to clinician adoption, patient recruitment, exposure to the intervention components and baseline characteristics.

Methods

An observational descriptive process evaluation study was conducted of the 2.5-year implementation of the Prevention of Diabetes in Euskadi cluster randomized trial in 14 primary care centers of the Basque H

SUBMITTER: Sanchez A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4875717 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature