Lifting the lid of the "black intervention box" - the systematic development of an action competence programme for people with screen-detected dysglycaemia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The evidence gained from effective self-management interventions is often criticised for the ambiguity of its active components, and consequently the obstruction of their implementation into daily practice.Our aim is to report how an intervention development model aids the careful selection of active components in an intervention for people with dysglycaemia.

Methods

The first three phases of the UK Medical Research Council's model for developing complex interventions in primary care were used to develop a self-management intervention targeting people with screen-detected dysglycaemia. In the preclinical phase, the expected needs of the target group were assessed by review of empirical literature and theories. In phase I, a preliminary intervention was modelled an

SUBMITTER: Maindal HT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2882382 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature