People with diabetes and ambulance staff perceptions of a booklet-based intervention for diabetic hypoglycaemia, "Hypos can strike twice": a mixed methods process evaluation

• Published in: BMC emergency medicine Vol. 22; no. 1; p. 21
• Main Authors: Laparidou, Despina, Botan, Vanessa, Law, Graham R, Rowan, Elise, Smith, Murray D, Brewster, Amanda, Spaight, Robert, Mountain, Pauline, Dunmore, Sally, James, June, Roberts, Leon, Khunti, Kamlesh, Siriwardena, A Niroshan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 08.02.2022; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Acceptability; Ambulance staff; Ambulances; Analysis; Beliefs, opinions and attitudes; Blood; Blood Glucose; Blood sugar; Booklet-based intervention; COVID-19; Data analysis; Data collection; Data entry; Demographics; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetes Mellitus - therapy; Diabetics; Emergency medical care; Employees; Factor analysis; Glucose; Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc; Health care; Humans; Hypoglycaemia; Hypoglycemia; Hypoglycemia - prevention & control; Hypoglycemic Agents; Intervention; Interviews; Medical research; Methods; Mixed methods research; Multiple regression models; Perceptions; Polls & surveys; Primary care; Process evaluation; Questionnaires; Regression analysis; Software; Strikes; Surveys; United Kingdom; United Kingdom > UK; Hypoglycaemia; Booklet-based intervention; Experiences; Ambulance staff; Perceptions; Diabetes; Process evaluation

Hypoglycaemia is a potentially serious condition, characterised by lower-than-normal blood glucose levels, common in people with diabetes (PWD). It can be prevented and self-managed if expert support, such as education on lifestyle and treatment, is provided. Our aim was to conduct a process evaluat...