Making research and education WICKED. Aim Develop and evaluate a model of care to improve self-management in T1DM specifically for young people aged 16-21.

Making research and education WICKED

Aim

Develop and evaluate a model of care to improve self-management in T1DM specifically for young people aged 16-21 years

The MRC Framework• development: (identifying the evidence base,

developing theory, modelling process and outcome);

• feasibility/piloting: (testing procedures, estimating recruitment, determining sample size);

• evaluation: (assessing effectiveness, understanding change process, assessing cost-effectiveness), and

• implementation: (dissemination, surveillance and monitoring long term follow-up).

Eiser C et al. Using the Medical Research Council framework to develop a complex intervention to improve delivery of care for young people with type 1 diabetes. Diabet Med. 2013 Jun;30(6):e223-8. doi: 10.1111/dme.12185. Epub 2013 Apr 12.

Development Phase

Semi-structured interviews about the diabetes service, what young people want from a new service and concerns about transition with-Staff (N = 15)-Parents (N = 18)-Young people aged 11 – 21 (N = 28)

Brierley, S. Eiser, C. Johnson, B. Young, V. Heller, S. Working with young adults with Type 1 diabetes: Views of a multidisciplinary care team and implications for service delivery. Diabet Med. 2012 May;29(5):677-81

Feasibility and Piloting of a Complex Intervention

WICKEDWorking with Insulin, Carbs, Ketones and Exercise to manage Diabetes

• In response to requests for age-specific education

• Allows young adults to be flexible in their care to fit it around their lifestyle

• Young adults recruited in clinic

Beer et al (in press). WICKED: the development and evaluation of a psycho-education programme for young people with type 1 diabetes. Journal of diabetes nursing.

Feedback from CLAHRC Phase

1 research: need for

structured education for young people

2 diabetes nurse

specialists and specialist dietitian

to deliver age-appropriate

DAFNE?

FEB ‘11

The very beginning…

MAY ’11: REVIEWING THE DELIVERY OF AGE-APPROPRIATE DAFNE:

• Too much info, some repetition and irrelevance• Need more guidance on social activities, alcohol and drug use.• Days too long, too few breaks • Too didactic •More support needed after course

Feedback from pilot groups…

MAY – AUG ’11 INITIAL DEVELOPMENT OF WICKED

• Better name - WICKED!

Shorter days more breaks over the 5 days and follow-up at 3, 6, 9 & 12 weeks.

• Age-appropriate alcohol & drugs session.• Input from Sheffield University Dept of

Education• Learning objectives more relevant to young

people• Include games and activities • Blood glucose profiles tracked with WICKED

graph• No hospital food plus a meal out • Customized resources

…in response to feedback

What’s different?

• Assessment for Learning

• Flexibility within the Scheme of Work

• Schemes of work – some / most / all

• Recap of day before - Quiz

– Higher / lower

– White-boards

– Choose a napkin

• Tailored, small group working (engineered)

AUG ’11 –WICKED pilot course • 9 attendees, 16 – 20 years• Observed by Academic Educationalists • Individual evaluations & feedback from Educationalists

AUG ’11 – WICKED feedback

The most helpful week of my

diabetes life! Made me think

about my diabetes moreThe whole week

has been a brilliant

experience and I am so grateful for it! Cheers!

Really helped my confidence

with moving out and going to University

WICKED is a fun and interesting way to learn more about your diabetes, how it works, and how certain things affect

your blood sugar

Best course you can do if you struggle

with diabetes. It goes back to basic and

explains things you

never knew. Now I can control my diabetes

MAY ’12: THE FULL WICKED PROGRAMME DEVELOPED!

The Scheme of Work includes:• Assessment for Learning• Clear aims• Structured timetable

including meals and breaks• WICKED shopping list• Resources including crib

sheets, worksheets, games, quizzes & postcards

Follow-up:• Meetings at 3, 6, 9,

weeks in a coffee shop (and 12 weeks in clinic)• Texts inbetween + extra if

YP DNAs FU - keyworker

WICKED EXPERIENCE

• Individualised and tailored

• Take small steps, set subjects, not set times

• Give a consistent message that any

improvement is positive…….(small steps)

• Talk about support/helping others who are

finding diabetes difficult (and actively engineer

it)

• Patients set their own targets ………

• Always enthusiastic and proactive……

Evaluation - Participant Characteristics

47 young people (YP) attended one of 6 courses• 11 were on pumps• Five were very newly diagnosed (3 days – 13 weeks)

For the remaining 42:• 22 female• 16.05 – 21.39 (M = 18.16, SD = 1.47) years• Time since diagnosis: 1.22 – 18.83 (M = 8.70, SD = 5.09) years

• Mean HbA1c: 91.0 + 27.9 mmol/mol• 5 young people reached the clinical target of <58 mmol/mol

WICKED attendance and follow-up

• Attendance– 87.9% attended all sessions

• Follow-ups– Well-attended 3–week group sessions often

requested, group session for 6 – week follow-up– Informal sessions – evidence of contact between

group members since course and partners did attend these sessions

What happens to HbA1c?

N Baseline Follow-Up Sig

3-month 41 91.0+27.9 88.1+26.1 n.s

6-month 31 89.9+27.4 84.1+25.3 n.s

Psychosocial Impact

• Self-efficacy– Increases significantly after the course

• Positive Outcome Expectancies of Managemente.g. Make me feel good about myself. – Increase significantly after the course

• Perceived Knowledge– Increases significantly after the course

Feedback from young people

Before the course Worried it would be like school and a list of what not to do

The experience exceeded expectations “You’re not being told what to do you’re being advised... but you don’t have to its up to you” (FG5). “was nice to find out that not everyone else is perfect, and it is possible to do well”

Feedback from young people

Liked interactive activities“kind of sunk in easier than it would if it were just

like copying something of a board”Plotting sugars helped “visualise it better” and “It

were nice to hear other people’s results as well”

Positive about content“They actually talked about stuff that we would do

like alcohol and drugs and stuff and sex and that.

Acknowledgements• This research was supported by NIHR CLAHRC for

South Yorkshire• WICKED Educators - Vanessa Whitehead, Rebekah

Beer, Glynis Feerick, Kay Bottrell• Psychology Team - Barbara Johnson, Sue Beveridge,

Samantha Brierley, Christine Eiser, Jackie Elliott, Simon Heller, Kath Price, Adrian Scott, Victoria Young

• Sue Beveridge, Dr Jackie Elliott, Prof Simon Heller, Dr Kath Price, Dr Adrian Scott

• http://www.clahrc-sy.nihr.ac.uk.