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DESMOND (diabetes)
UK NHS training course
UK NHS training course
DESMOND (Diabetes Education and Self Management for Ongoing and Newly Diagnosed) is a UK NHS training course for people with type 2 diabetes that helps people to identify their own health risks and to set their own goals.
Background
DESMOND is the first national education programme created for people with Type 2 diabetes. DESMOND meets the criteria NICE identified as being the characteristics of a quality, evidence-based structured education programme.
A NHS training course is available for type 1 diabetics called DAFNE (Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating).
Course details
Format
Each programme is run in a group setting, consisting of not more than 10 people newly diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes (normally within the last 12 months), accompanied, if they so choose, by a partner, family member, or friend. The programme may be run as a one-day, or two part (2 x half-day) course.
The DESMOND programme is facilitated by two health care professionals who have been formally trained.
Content
Topics covered in the DESMOND curriculum: :#The patient story :#What diabetes is :#Main ways to manage diabetes :#Consequences of diabetes and personal risk from having diabetes :#Monitoring your diabetes :#Ways to take action to improve the control of your diabetes :#Food choices for diabetics :#Physical activity and diabetes :#Stress and emotions and diabetes :#The purpose and content of annual diabetic review and screening in diabetics
References
- NHS DESMOND homepage
- NHS NICE criteria for diabetes training courses
References
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