A multi-level model to explain attendance at structured diabetes education for people with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes

Background Attendance at structured diabetes education (SDE) for people with newly diagnosed Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is associated with improved outcome and recommended by United Kingdom’s (UK) National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and International Diabetes Federation Global Guideline for T2DM (IDF, 2012). In the UK there is almost universal provision of SDE but relatively few attend. Reasons why are understudied but qualitative research suggests barriers include lack of information from primary …