Programme Grants for Applied Research

Improving management of Type 1 diabetes in the UK: the Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating (DAFNE) programme as a research test-bed. A mixed method analysis of the barriers and facilitators to successful diabetes self management, a health economic analysis, a cluster RCT of different models of delivery of an educational intervention and the potential of insulin pumps and additional educator input to improve outcomes

  • Type:
    Extended Research Article Our publication formats
  • Headline:
    The study found that structured Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating (DAFNE) training for adults with type 1 diabetes to help them self-manage their glucose more successfully often fails to help participants make these skills part of their everyday lives and skills are not maintained and that DAFNE graduates often need professional support in a more structured way.
  • Authors:
    Simon Heller,
    Julia Lawton,
    Stephanie Amiel,
    Debbie Cooke,
    Peter Mansell,
    Alan Brennan,
    Jackie Elliott,
    Jonathan Boote,
    Celia Emery,
    Wendy Baird,
    Hasan Basarir,
    Susan Beveridge,
    Rod Bond,
    Mike Campbell,
    Timothy Chater,
    Pratik Choudhary,
    Marie Clark,
    Nicole de Zoysa,
    Simon Dixon,
    Carla Gianfrancesco,
    David Hopkins,
    Richard Jacques,
    Jen Kruger,
    Susan Moore,
    Lindsay Oliver,
    Tessa Peasgood,
    David Rankin,
    Sue Roberts,
    Helen Rogers,
    Carolin Taylor,
    Praveen Thokala,
    Gill Thompson,
    Candice Ward
    Detailed Author information

    Simon Heller1,*, Julia Lawton2, Stephanie Amiel3, Debbie Cooke4, Peter Mansell5, Alan Brennan6, Jackie Elliott1, Jonathan Boote6,7, Celia Emery1, Wendy Baird6, Hasan Basarir6, Susan Beveridge1, Rod Bond8, Mike Campbell6, Timothy Chater6, Pratik Choudhary3, Marie Clark4, Nicole de Zoysa9, Simon Dixon6, Carla Gianfrancesco1, David Hopkins9, Richard Jacques6, Jen Kruger6, Susan Moore10, Lindsay Oliver10, Tessa Peasgood6, David Rankin2, Sue Roberts10, Helen Rogers9, Carolin Taylor1, Praveen Thokala6, Gill Thompson10, Candice Ward11

    • 1 Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK
    • 2 Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
    • 3 King’s College London School of Medicine, London, UK
    • 4 Division of Psychology, University College London, London, UK
    • 5 Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK
    • 6 School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
    • 7 Centre for Research into Primary and Community Care, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK
    • 8 School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
    • 9 King’s College Hospital, London, UK
    • 10 Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, North Shields, UK
    • 11 Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
  • Funding:
    National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)
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  • Issue:
    Volume: 2, Issue: 5
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  • Citation:
    Primary Research Project. Heller S, Lawton J, Amiel S, Cooke D, Mansell P, Brennan A, et al. Improving management of type 1 diabetes in the UK: the Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating (DAFNE) programme as a research test-bed. A mixed-method analysis of the barriers to and facilitators of successful diabetes self-management, a health economic analysis, a cluster randomised controlled trial of different models of delivery of an educational intervention and the potential of insulin pumps and additional educator input to improve outcomes. Programme Grants Appl Res 2014;2(5). https://doi.org/10.3310/pgfar02050
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