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DRN 118 (The DESMOND Lay Educator study)
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Can Lay Educators deliver structured education programmes as part of a lay educator/health care professional team with the same degree of integrity, quality and efficacy as trained health care professional educators?
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Topic
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Diabetes (co-adopted by PCRN)
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Portfolio Eligibility
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Funded by UKCRC partner
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ISRCTN
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99350009
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EudraCT
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MREC N° |
09/H0406/87
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UKCRN ID |
4210
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WHO ID
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Research Summary
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The main aim of the study is to test the hypothesis that joint teams of lay educators and health care professionals can deliver structured education in diabetes with the same degree of interaction fidelity, quality and efficacy as health care professional teams. Equivalence of outcomes for patients who have attended sessions delivered by the two categories of team will be used as a proxy for equivalence in terms of delivery of effective education.
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Study Type |
Interventional
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Design Type |
Process of Care
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Disease(s) |
Education
Service delivery
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N/A
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Current Status
| Open |
| Closure Date | 28/05/2010 |
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Sample Size
| 300 |
| Accrual to Date |
 45% |
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Geographical Scope
| UK Multi-Centre |
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Lead Country
| England |
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Open to new sites
| No |
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Main Inclusion Criteria
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All patients over the age of 18 years who are newly diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes according to the study criteria are potentially eligible to participate in the study if they can:
•Participate in the education programme preferably within 6 months of diagnosis
•Participate in an education programme run in Gujarati in Leicester and Mirpuri Punjabi in Peterborough (only relevant to participants from the BME sites.)
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Main Exclusion Criteria
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Patients will be unable to take part in the study if they:
•Have Type 1 diabetes
•Are taking insulin
•Are unable to give informed consent
•Have severe and enduring mental health problems (i.e. under the care of the specialist mental health team)
•Are unable to take part in a group programme
•Are not primarily responsible for their own care
•Are unable to participate in groups conducted in English (only for the non-BME sites)
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Chief Investigator(s)
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| Dr Marian Carey |
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Further details, please contact
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Ms Panna Mandalia
Leicester Royal Infirmary
Leicester Royal Infirmary
Infirmary Square
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE1 5WW
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: 0116 258 8183
panna.mandalia@uhl-tr.nhs.uk
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Funder(s) |
Diabetes UK
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Sponsor(s) |
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
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