Effectiveness of digital and remote provision of the Healthier You: NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme during the COVID‐19 pandemic
Authors' conclusion
Weight losses achieved through remote and digital interventions were greater than those previously achieved through face-to-face interventions, without evidence of exacerbation of health inequalities.
Study context
- Population
- Individuals with non-diabetic hyperglycaemia (HbA1c 42–47 mmol/mol (6.0%-6.4%) or FPG 5.5–6.9 mmol/L) referred to the NHS DPP, June 2016 to March 2022weight change assessed
- Participants
- 42,407 / 7,699 / 97,205
- Comparison
- Remote and digital NHS DPP during COVID-19 pandemic vs face-to-face pre-pandemic
- Remoten = 42,407
- Digitaln = 7,699
- Face-to-facen = 97,205reference
- Outcome
- Weight change
Methodological detailsReferred March 2020–March 2022 (remote/digital choice): 335,961; referred June 2016–February 2022 (face-to-face): 556,793
- Referred March 2020–March 2022 (remote/digital choice): 335,961; referred June 2016–February 2022 (face-to-face): 556,793
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Mean weight loss, participants attending ≥1 intervention session
Further findings
Mean weight loss, programme completers
Uptake to intervention sessions
- Offered choice of remote or digital
- 47%
- Face-to-face
- 39%
Weight change by ethnicity and deprivation
- No significant differences in weight change between interventions by ethnicity and deprivation
Original publication
Effectiveness of digital and remote provision of the Healthier You: NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Diabet Med. Published 21 January 2023. doi:10.
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