Can peer educators influence healthy eating in people with diabetes?

ISRCTN	ISRCTN02954812
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN02954812
Protocol serial number	N0626133451
Sponsor	Department of Health
Funder	Bradford South and West Primary Care Trust (UK)

Submission date: 30/09/2004
Registration date: 30/09/2004
Last edited: 09/07/2009

Recruitment status: No longer recruiting
Overall study status: Completed
Condition category: Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Ms Janet Cade
Scientific

71-75 Clarendon Road
Leeds
Leeds
LS2 9PL
United Kingdom

Study information

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Scientific title
Study objectives	To assess the impact of a peer educator in promoting healthy eating in people with diabetes.
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine: Diabetes
Intervention	The study will carry out a randomised controlled trial of peer education for healthy eating in people with diabetes living in Burnley and Bradford. These are areas with large ethnic minority population and a high level of low income families. The peer education will involve training 'expert patients' who will then pass on their knowledge to groups of other people with diabetes from their locality. The control group will receive standard care. This will involve an individual 15 minute appointment with a dietitian and GP/practice nurse. Follow up of both groups will be conducted at three months post education and at 12 months. Differences between groups in terms of food and nutrient intake, weight and measures of diabetic control will be compared.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	1. Differences in food/nutrient intake patterns between the group receiving peer education and the standard education package - specifically: changes in fat, saturated fat, energy, fibre, and fruit and vegetable intakes. 2. Assessment of the sustainability of any changes over a one year period. 3. Assessment of the ability of the peer educator to promote improvement in diabetic control over 3 months and 12 months as compared with the standard educational package alone. 4. Development of a culturally acceptable, health promotion intervention. 5. Difference in continued motivation to change between groups. 6. Difference in cost of intervention between the groups.
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Completion date	31/08/2005

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Adult
Sex	All
Target sample size at registration	270
Key inclusion criteria	Adults with type 2 diabetes (defined as onset over 30 years, not on insulin within the first year). Registered with GP practices selected from socially deprived catchment groups (using Jarman scores) and with a high percentage of people of South Asian origin. 135 subjects will be needed in each group (270 total). This number will be split between Bradford and Burnley.
Key exclusion criteria	Does not match inclusion criteria
Date of first enrolment	01/09/2002
Date of final enrolment	31/08/2005

Locations

Countries of recruitment

United Kingdom
England

Study participating centre

71-75 Clarendon Road

Leeds
LS2 9PL
United Kingdom

Results and Publications

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	results	01/09/2006		Yes	No