The English national health service diabetes prevention programme (NHS DPP): A scoping review of existing evidence.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

The English National Health Service Diabetes Prevention Programme (NHS DPP) is commissioned by NHS England and has been rolled out across England to adults identified as being at high risk of type 2 diabetes. The present scoping review aimed to identify the extent and nature of evidence to date on the NHS DPP and describe what the evidence has reported.

Methods

A scoping review involving searches of various sources (including MEDLINE, CINAHL, MediArXiv, Google Scholar and GreyLit) was conducted on 31 August 2021 and repeated on 09 February 2022. Only articles reporting on the NHS DPP made available since 2015 were eligible for inclusion.

Results

65 articles were included. Of these, 37 were journal publications. Most articles were made available in 2018 and 2020 (

SUBMITTER: Whelan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9321029 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature