Does the design of the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme intervention have fidelity to the programme specification? A document analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To assess fidelity of the Healthier You: NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NHS-DPP), a behavioural intervention for people in England at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes, to the specified programme features.

Methods

Document analysis of the NHS-DPP programme specification, including National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) PH38 diabetes prevention guidance. This was compared with the intervention design (framework response documents and programme manuals) from all four independent providers delivering the NHS-DPP. Documents were coded using the Template for Intervention Description and Replication framework (describing service parameters) and the Behaviour Change Technique Taxonomy v1.

Results

Providers demonstrated good fidelity to servic

SUBMITTER: Hawkes RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7496858 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature