Early Outcomes From the English National Health Service Diabetes Prevention Programme.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess weight and HbA_1c changes in the Healthier You: National Health Service Diabetes Prevention Programme (NHS DPP), the largest DPP globally to achieve universal population coverage.

Research design and methods

A service evaluation assessed intervention effectiveness for adults with nondiabetic hyperglycemia (HbA_1c 42-47 mmol/mol [6.0-6.4%] or fasting plasma glucose 5.5-6.9 mmol/L) between program launch in June 2016 and December 2018, using prospectively collected, national service-level data in England.

Results

By December 2018, 324,699 people had been referred, 152,294 had attended the initial assessment, and 96,442 had attended at least 1 of 13 group-based intervention sessions. Allowing sufficient time to elapse, 53% attended

SUBMITTER: Valabhji J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7115827 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature