What did we do?
We developed an intervention that aimed to delay or reduce the risk of people with IGT developing type 2 diabetes. Impaired Glucose Tolerance means that blood glucose is raised beyond normal levels, but not high enough to warrant a diabetes diagnosis.

Why was it important?
In 2010, 2.26 million people in England (5.54% of the population) were registered with a diagnosis of diabetes. The prevalence of diabetes in England among adults is predicted to rise to 8.5% by 2020 and 9.5% by 2030. Evidence suggests that in the absence of any lifestyle advice or pharmacological intervention about 50% of people with IGT will develop type 2 diabetes in five to ten years.

How did we do it?
Working with Salford Diabetes Care, we developed and implemented a telephone-based lifestyle intervention for patients diagnosed with IGT. The IGT care call service adapted an existing care call service and developed evidence-based scripts to provide educational messages, specifically for people with IGT.

Who did we work with?
NHS Salford CCG
Salford Diabetes Care

Downloadable resources

• Evaluation Reports

  IGT Care Call - Full evaluation report (2011)

   

  IGT Care Call - 12 month follow-up summary report (2013)

• Publications

  Savas L, Grady K, Cotterill S, Summers L, Boaden R & Gibson M., (2015). Prioritising prevention: Implementation of IGT Care Call, a telephone based service for people at risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Primary Care Diabetes Vol. 9(1)

• Presentations

  Preventing type 2 diabetes/putting it into practice - Linda Savas

   

  Diabetes Care Call – The SRFT Experience - Linda Savas

   

  An innovative approach to providing lifestyle education and behaviour change to prevent type 2 diabetes - Linda Savas

   

  An innovative approach to providing lifestyle and behaviour change to prevent type 2 diabetes - Linda Savas

   

  IGT Care-Call: An Innovative approach to providing lifestyle education and behaviour change to prevent type 2 diabetes - Linda Savas

   

  Knowledge brokerage in a CLAHRC – A new concept in knowledge exchange - Anna Betzlbacher

• Posters

  Design, delivery and evaluation of IGT Care Call: a telephone-based, structured education programme to promote lifestyle and behaviour change to prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes - Linda Savas (2013)

   

  IGT Care-Call: An Innovative approach to providing lifestyle education and behaviour change to prevent type 2 diabetes - Linda Savas (2013)

   

   

More information
For more information please contact Michael Spence (Programme Manager).