Differing Completion Rates of DIABETES Education on Patient Reported Outcomes

Change in self-care activities outcome measure (pre and post intervention) using the Diabetes Self-Management Questionnaire - Revised (DSMQ-R) scale

The goal of this clinical feasibility trial is to test the impact of differing completion
 rates of a face-to-face diabetes self-management education programme on patient-reported
 outcomes measuring self-care, diabetes distress and quality of life in people with type 2
 diabetes. The main question it aims to answer is:
 
 1. What is the impact of differing completion rates of DSME programmes on ability to
 self-care (primary outcome), diabetes distress and health related quality of life in type 2
 diabetes.
 
 Researchers will compare participants across four study groups (Group 1 will receive a full
 DSME programme, Group 2 will receive 60%, Group 3 will receive 10% and Group 4 will have
 delayed education) to see if patients who attend minimal aspects (10%) of diabetes
 self-management education programmes gain clinically significant improvements in ability to
 self-care compared to those who do not attend and if the nationally accepted 60 % completion
 rate is as effective as 100% completion.
 
 Participants will:
 
 - complete three validated patient reported outcome measures testing self care activities,
 diabetes distress and health related quality of life.
 
 - Attend structured diabetes self-management education of differing completion rates
 dependent on the group they have been allocated to.
 
 - repeat the same three patient reported outcome measures 2-4 months after intervention.
 For participants in group 4 this will be 3-4 months from baseline.