Impact of community based peer support in type 2 diabetes: a cluster randomised controlled trial of individual and/or group approaches.

Diabetes peer support, where one person with diabetes helps guide and support others, has been proposed as a way to improve diabetes management. We have tested whether different diabetes peer support strategies can improve metabolic and/or psychological outcomes.People with type 2 diabetes (n = 1,29...

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Main Authors: David Simmons, A Toby Prevost, Chris Bunn, Daniel Holman, Richard A Parker, Simon Cohn, Sarah Donald, Charlotte A M Paddison, Candice Ward, Peter Robins, Jonathan Graffy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4364716?pdf=render