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Is the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme Intervention Delivered as Planned? An Observational Study of Fidelity of Intervention Delivery

Journal

ANNALS OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE
Volume 55, Issue 11, Pages 1104-1115

Publisher

OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/abm/kaaa108

Keywords

Type 2 diabetes; Diabetes prevention programme; Nondiabetic hyperglycemia; ntervention fidelity; Behavior change; Behavior change techniques

Funding

  1. National Institute for Health Research (Health Services and Delivery Research) [16/48/07]

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The study compared the fidelity of delivery of Behavior Change Techniques (BCTs) in the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme to the design specification and programme manuals, revealing a discrepancy between the two. Despite the design specification indicating 19 BCTs to be delivered, only seven were actually delivered, highlighting a lack of fidelity to the evidence base.
Background The NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NHS-DPP) has been delivered by four commercial organizations across England, to prevent people with impaired glucose tolerance developing Type 2 diabetes. Evidence reviews underpinning the NHS-DPP design specification identified 19 Behavior Change Techniques (BCTs) that are the intervention active ingredients. It is important to understand the discrepancies between BCTs specified in design and BCTs actually delivered. Purpose To compare observed fidelity of delivery of BCTs that were delivered to (a) the NHS-DPP design specification, and (b) the programme manuals of four provider organizations. Methods Audio-recordings were made of complete delivery of NHS-DPP courses at eight diverse sites (two courses per provider organization). The eight courses consisted of 111 group sessions, with 409 patients and 35 facilitators. BCT Taxonomy v1 was used to reliably code the contents of NHS-DPP design specification documents, programme manuals for each provider organization, and observed NHS-DPP group sessions. Results The NHS-DPP design specification indicated 19 BCTs that should be delivered, whereas only seven (37%) were delivered during the programme in all eight courses. By contrast, between 70% and 89% of BCTs specified in programme manuals were delivered. There was substantial under-delivery of BCTs that were designed to improve self-regulation of behavior, for example, those involving problem solving and self-monitoring of behavior. Conclusions A lack of fidelity in delivery to the underlying evidence base was apparent, due to poor translation of design specification to programme manuals. By contrast, the fidelity of delivery to the programme manuals was relatively good. Future commissioning should focus on ensuring the evidence base is more accurately translated into the programme manual contents.

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