Systematic Review or Meta-analysis
Effectiveness of group-based self-management education
for individuals with Type 2 diabetes: a systematic review
with meta-analyses and meta-regression
K. Odgers-Jewell1 , L. E. Ball2, J. T. Kelly1, E. A. Isenring1, D. P. Reidlinger1 and R. Thomas3
1Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, 2Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University and 3Centre for Research in Evidence-Based
Practice (CREBP), Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia
Accepted 17 February 2017
Abstract
Aims Patient education for the management of Type 2 diabetes can be delivered in various forms, with the goal of
promoting and supporting positive self-management behaviours. This systematic review aimed to determine the
effectiveness of group-based interventions compared with individual interventions or usual care for improving clinical,
lifestyle and psychosocial outcomes in people with Type 2 diabetes.
Methods Six electronic databases were searched. Group-based education programmes for adults with Type 2 diabetes
that measured glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) and followed participants for ≥ 6 months were included. The primary
outcome was HbA1c, and secondary outcomes included fasting blood glucose, weight, body mass index, waist
circumference, blood pressure, blood lipid profiles, diabetes knowledge and self-efficacy.
Results Fifty-three publications describing 47 studies were included (n = 8533 participants). Greater reductions in
HbA1c occurred in group-based education compared with controls at 6–10 months [n = 30 studies; mean difference
(MD) = 3 mmol/mol (0.3%); 95% confidence interval (CI): �0.48, �0.15; P = 0.0002], 12–14 months [n = 27 studies;
MD = 4 mmol/mol (0.3%); 95% CI: �0.49, �0.17; P < 0.0001], 18 months [n = 3 studies; MD = 8 mmol/mol
(0.7%); 95% CI: �1.26, �0.18; P = 0.009] and 36–48 months [n = 5 studies; MD = 10 mmol/mol (0.9%); 95% CI:
�1.52, �0.34; P = 0.002], but not at 24 months. Outcomes also favoured group-based education for fasting blood
glucose, body weight, waist circumference, triglyceride levels and diabetes knowledge, but not at all time points.
Interventions facilitated by a single discipline, multidisciplinary teams or health professionals with peer supporters
resulted in improved outcomes in HbA1c when compared with peer-led interventions.
Conclusions Group-based education interventions are more effective than usual care, waiting list control and individual
education at improving clinical, lifestyle and psychosocial outcomes in people with Type 2 diabetes.
Diabet. Med. 34, 1027–1039 (2017)
Introduction
Patient education is an integral and vital component of
successful diabetes care [1–3]. The main goal of diabetes
patient education is to promote and support positive self-
management behaviours to optimize metabolic control,
improve long-term diabetes outcomes and quality of life
(QOL), prevent complications, and reduce morbidity and
mortality, while remaining cost-efficient [1,4]. Group-based
education for individuals with Type 2 diabetes may be more
cost-effective and efficient than individual education, due to
the reduced time and funding required to educate numerous
people in one sitting [5]. The potential advantages of group-
based education interventions over individual visits include
time for the provision of more detailed information,
decreased time demands on health workers, easy incorpora-
tion of families and carers, and facilitation of discussions and
support from others facing the same challenges [6,7].
Clearly, the use of group-based education warrants further
investigation.
Three previous systematic reviews included group educa-
tion for Type 2 diabetes. A Cochrane systematic review
assessed the effects of group-based training on clinical,
lifestyle and psychosocial outcomes in people with Type 2
diabetes compared with routine treatment, waiting list
control or no intervention [8]. The review favoured group-Correspondence to: Kate Odgers-Jewell. E-mail: [email protected]
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based education, finding significant improvements in HbA1c
levels, body weight, systolic blood pressure (BP), and fasting
blood glucose (FBG), a decreased need for diabetes medica-
tion and increased diabetes knowledge [8]. A subsequent
publication in 2012, updating the original Cochrane review,
supported the findings of the former, favouring group-based
education, with significant reductions in HbA1c, FBG and
body weight, and improvements in diabetes knowledge
compared with controls [6]. Another recent systematic
review [9] assessed the effect of diabetes self-management
education and support methods, providers, duration and
contact time on glycaemic control in adults diagnosed with
Type 2 diabetes. The review included individual, group-
based, combination and remote interventions for the man-
agement of Type 2 diabetes, with results suggesting that a
combination of individual and group-based education was
most effective at improving HbA1c (median 9.6 mmol/mol;
0.88%) when compared with controls [9].
These previous reviews had limitations. First, the searches
are outdated and the number of published studies for group-
based diabetes interventions has increased substantially since
their completion. High heterogeneity precluded meta-analyses
for several of the main outcomes, which were completed for
just two studies [6,8]. Although both reviews found clinical
and statistically significant changes in health outcomes, the
exact mechanism or ‘active ingredient(s)’ of these complex
interventions were not identified [6,8]. Both reviews only
conducted follow-up analyses of the primary outcome up to
2 years from baseline [6,8]. The quality of the previous reviews
was assessed using ‘A Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic
Reviews’ (AMSTAR), a reliable and valid method for assessing
the methodological quality of systematic reviews [10]. The
AMSTAR scores were categorized in line with previous
research [11,12], with scores of 0–4 classified as ‘low quality’,
5–8 classified as ‘moderate quality’, and 9–11 classified as
‘high quality’. The Cochrane review [8] was assessed as a high-
quality review (score: 9/11). This review lacked an assessment
of publication bias and conflict of interest for the included
studies. The review by Steinsbekk et al. [6] was assessed as a
moderate quality review (score: 5/11); no protocol was
available, grey literature and publication bias were not
considered, a list of excluded studies was not provided, an
assessment of conflict of interest for included studies was not
explored and the scientific quality of the included studies was
not used appropriately in formatting conclusions. The review
by Chrvala et al. [9] was assessed as a moderate quality review
(score: 7/11); grey literature and publication bias were not
considered, a list of excluded studies was not provided and
conflict of interest for included studies was not explored. The
review had various limitations including: restricting included
studies to English-language publications, including only ran-
domized controlled trials, including interventions for individ-
uals with either/both Type 1 and/or Type 2 diabetes, and an
inability to conduct meta-analyses [9].
Despite these systematic reviews providing evidence of
effectiveness, group-based education interventions are often
complex and the characteristics of the interventions vary
greatly, for example, in the number of contact hours, number
of sessions, number and characteristics of participants, group
facilitator(s) or educator (s) qualifications, facilitator training,
theoretical framework, and whether family, friends or carers
can attend [6,8]. Health professionals may deter from group-
based education because the essential attributes for a success-
ful group-based education programme are unknown. Fur-
thermore, no specific evidence-based practice guidelines for
group-based education in Type 2 diabetes have been identified
internationally, inevitably resulting in wide variations in the
programmes offered, and creating difficulty in the interpreta-
tion of evidence and its translation to a practice setting.
This systematic review builds upon two of the previous
reviews [6,8] and seeks to update the evidence for the
effectiveness of group-based interventions for Type 2 dia-
betes management and investigate key attributes for success-
ful group programmes. It was hypothesized that:
� group-based interventions for Type 2 diabetes would have
greater reductions in HbA1c compared with controls in the
short (6 months) and long (> 12 months) term;
� group-based interventions for Type 2 diabetes would
improve body weight, body mass index (BMI), waist
circumference, FBG, BP, lipid profiles, diabetes knowledge
and self-efficacy, compared with controls;
� variations in effect sizes could be attributed to study design
(i.e. setting, control group, educator), and intervention
characteristics (i.e. number of participants, intervention
length, number of contact hours).
Methods
The study was registered with the International Prospective
Register of Systematic Reviews PROSPERO (CRD420150
27785).
What’s new?
• We present a comprehensive up-to-date review of the
evidence for the effectiveness of Type 2 diabetes group-
based interventions. This is the first review in the area
to complete a meta-regression.
• We report statistically significant results for improving
HbA1c, fasting blood glucose, body weight, waist
circumference, triglycerides and diabetes knowledge,
but clinical improvement is more nuanced.
• Group-based interventions facilitated by a single disci-
pline, multidisciplinary teams or health professionals
with peer supporters appear to be more effective at
improving HbA1c than peer-led interventions.
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Data sources and search strategy
A systematic literature search was performed to retrieve
publications on group-based education for the management
of Type 2 diabetes in adults. The search was completed in
three parts. First, electronic databases, including PubMed,
the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CEN-
TRAL), Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO and ERIC, were
searched from commencement of records to 22 September
2015 (File S1). Second, hand searches of reference lists from
previous reviews were completed [6,8]. Finally, the included
studies were cross-referenced with the results of an updated
search by the authors of the most recent review including
studies up to May 2012 (email correspondence). No
language or date restrictions were applied. Abstract-only
publications were excluded and duplicate articles were
removed prior to title and abstract screening.
Inclusion criteria and study selection
Group-based education intervention studies for participants
diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes that reported randomized
controlled trials, cluster randomized trial or controlled
clinical trial study designs were included. Studies were
included if the described intervention met the following
criteria: adults aged ≥ 18 years; face-to-face, educative
group-based interventions (including those with occasional
adjunct individual consultations) for people with Type 2
diabetes; a minimum of four participants and may include
family and friends for support; a minimum of one session
lasting for 1 h; groups delivered in primary or secondary care
compared with a control or comparison group (usual care,
waiting list control or individual intervention); and studies
that measured HbA1c at both baseline and 6 or more months
from baseline. Studies were excluded if participants were
pregnant women or were diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, or
interventions provided education in individual consultations,
included only exercise prescriptions without education or
were not conducted face-to-face.
All studies were screened against the eligibility criteria by
two independent reviewers (KOJ and LEB) using reference
manager software EndNote (Thomson Reuters, New York,
NY, USA). Conflicts were resolved by discussion between
them. Studies that met the inclusion criteria or did not
include sufficient information for screening in the title and
abstract, were included for full-text review. Full-text versions
of these articles were obtained and screened independently.
Authors were contacted for missing data up to three times by
email if the missing data affected assessment of the study’s
eligibility, and were excluded if contact could not be made.
Data extraction and quality assessment
Data extraction was completed by the first author (KOJ) and
confirmed for accuracy by an independent reviewer (JTK).
Data extracted included: general information on the study
design, trial characteristics, intervention details, participant
characteristics, outcome measures, results and information
for appraising the risk of bias. Study quality was assessed
using the Cochrane risk of bias tool [13] by two independent
reviewers (KOJ and LEB). Disagreements were resolved
through discussion. Risk of bias was ranked as low, unclear
or high depending on whether a study had any element of
bias (e.g. selection, performance, detection, attrition, report-
ing and other bias).
Data synthesis and analysis
Descriptive data from the included studies were summarized.
Data were meta-analysed if the same measurement was used
across three or more studies at the same time point. The
primary outcome measure was change in HbA1c in group-
based education vs. control. The secondary outcome mea-
sures were changes in FBG, weight, BMI, waist circumfer-
ence, BP, total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, HDL-
cholesterol, triglycerides, diabetes knowledge and self-effi-
cacy. Prior to the meta-analyses, studies reporting FBG or
lipid profile measures in mg/dl were converted to mmol/l;
those reporting weight in lb were converted to kg.
Summaries of effect estimates were calculated by meta-
analysis using the DerSimonian and Laird random effects
model in Review Manager (RevMan, v. 5.3) [14]. Continu-
ous data using the same measures were analysed with a
weighted mean difference in outcomes between the interven-
tion and control groups, whereas continuous data collected
using a variety of measures were assessed using the standard
mean difference (SMD). Heterogeneity was assessed using
the I-squared statistic and reported following the Cochrane
Handbook [13].
Mean differences (MD) and 95% confidence intervals (CI)
were calculated in RevMan and standard error was calcu-
lated in Microsoft� Excel using the 95% CIs for the meta-
regression. Separate analyses for the effect of group-based
interventions on HbA1c were performed for the following
subgroups: control groups, delivery setting, insulin therapy,
type of educator(s), training of educator(s), baseline HbA1c
levels, theoretical model and intervention content, materials,
length, number of sessions, contact time, number of partic-
ipants and the inclusion/exclusion of family and/or friends.
Sensitivity analyses were conducted to explore the influ-
ence of study quality (overall risk of bias and reporting bias),
on HbA1c outcomes (as measured closest to intervention
completion) and heterogeneity. Reporting bias and selective
outcome reporting were chosen for the sensitivity analysis
because studies that did not report the pre-specified outcomes
or failed to include the results for an expected outcome may
be reporting only results supporting the studies’ aims or
hypotheses. We also examined potential influences on the
primary outcome for studies that had differences in HbA1c at
baseline, large (defined as > 10%) compared with small
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attrition (defined as < 10%), and studies published in non- English journals due to potential publication bias. Subgroup analyses were also conducted to examine the effects of different educators (health professionals, health professionals with peer support, peer or lay-persons), disci- plines (single discipline compared with multidiscipline) and studies that included participants taking (and not taking) insulin on the primary outcome HbA1c. In addition, a univariate meta-regression was completed to explore potential associations between the size of effect and varying study and intervention characteristics [15]. Variables were similar to those explored in the subgroup analyses. A meta-regression was performed using Stata statistical soft- ware [16]. Results Study selection The search identified 14 016 results, from which 9764 publications were screened against the selection criteria, leaving 298 studies for full-text review (Fig. 1). Forty-seven studies reported in 53 publications were included in the systematic review (references provided in File S2). A total of 8533 participants were included in the 47 studies (intervention group n = 4416, control group n = 4117). The mean age of participants was 60 years. Men made up 44% of participants in both the intervention (1917 of 4383) and control (1799 of 4086) groups. Three of the 47 included studies (6%) recruited only women. Known duration of diabetes was reported by 29 of the 47 studies (62%). Mean duration of diabetes was 8.9 years for participants in the intervention group, and 9.4 years in the control group. Mean HbA1c level at baseline was 67 mmol/mol (8.3%) for both groups and ranged between 39 and 111 mmol/mol (5.7%– 12.3%) for the intervention group and between 40 and 115 mmol/mol (5.8%–12.7%) for the control group. In 38 (81%) studies, the mean HbA1c was > 53 mmol/mol (7%)
for both the intervention and control groups.
Study characteristics
Study characteristics are detailed in Table S1. Of the 47
studies included, 40 reported the results of randomized
controlled trials, four reported results of controlled clinical
trials and three reported the results of cluster randomized
controlled trials. Most of the studies were carried out in the
USA (18; 38%), the UK (6; 13%) and Italy (5; 11%). Forty-
two of the studies were published in English, two in Spanish
[17,18], two in Italian [19,20] and one in Dutch [21]. The
studies were published between 1988 and 2015, and the
length of follow-up was 6–60 months from baseline.
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Intervention characteristics varied in materials provided,
discipline(s) of group educators and theoretical model used,
as summarized in Table S2. Studies were conducted pre-
dominantly in primary care settings (32; 68%), with 15
(32%) of the studies delivered in secondary or tertiary care
settings, for example, hospital diabetes centres or tertiary
hospitals. Four publications [22–25] reported on multiple
arm studies.
Study quality
Most studies were classified as having a moderate (31) or
high (12) risk of bias, with four studies classified as having a
low risk of bias (Table S3). Of the six risk of bias items,
allocation concealment (selection bias), blinding of partici-
pants and personnel (performance bias), and blinding of
outcome assessment (detection bias) were the least consis-
tently described or were generally poorly conducted in the
included studies (Fig. S1).
Overall effects of group-based interventions for HbA1c
A meta-analysis was conducted to assess the effect of group-
based education compared with control for all 47 included
studies (n = 7055) using the measure of HbA1c at the time
point closest to the completion of each group-based educa-
tion intervention (Fig. 2). Overall, compared with control,
group-based intervention was effective in reducing HbA1c by
4 mmol/mol (0.3%) (95% CI: �0.51, �0.17; P < 0.0001; I2 = 84%). Heterogeneity was statistically significant and potential reasons for this were explored with sensitivity analyses. The results of the meta-analyses for HbA1c and secondary outcome measures at various time points are provided in Table 1. Group-based interventions significantly reduced HbA1c post intervention at most time points compared with controls. HbA1c was significantly reduced at 6–10 months post baseline [n = 30 studies; MD = 3 mmol/mol (0.3%); 95% CI: �0.48, �0.15; P = 0.0002; I2 = 65%], 12– 14 months post baseline [n = 27 studies; MD = 4 mmol/ mol (0.3%); 95% CI: �0.49, �0.17; P < 0.0001; I2 = 64%], 18 months [n = 3 studies; MD = 8 mmol/mol (0.7%); 95% CI: �1.26, �0.18; P = 0.009; I2 = 50%] and at 36– 48 months [n = 5 studies; MD = 10 mmol/mol (0.9%); 95% CI: �1.52, �0.34; P = 0.002; I2 = 93%]. By contrast, when eight studies comparing group-based interventions with controls measured HbA1c at 24 months post baseline, there was no significant difference between the groups. This time point also had the highest heterogeneity (I2 = 94%). There was variation in effectiveness in reducing FBG when comparing group-based interventions with controls. Group- based education was significantly more effective at reducing FBG compared with controls at 12–14 months post baseline (n = 8 studies; MD = 0.68 mmol/l; 95% CI: �1.25, �0.11; P = 0.02; I2 = 55%). However, this was not the case for FBG when measured at 6–10 or 24 months post baseline. All time points were assessed as having significant heterogeneity. Group-based education was significantly more effective at reducing body weight compared with controls at both 6– 10 months (n = 17 studies; MD = 1.22 kg; 95% CI: �2.22, �0.23; P = 0.02; I2 = 62%) and 12–14 months (n = 9 studies; MD = 1.43 kg; 95% CI: �2.09, �0.77; P < 0.0001; I2 = 0%). Despite the statistically significant improvements in body weight at two time points, group- based education was not effective at significantly reducing BMI. Group-based education was significantly more effective at reducing waist circumference at 6–10 months (n = 5 studies; MD = 1.19 cm; 95% CI: �2.34, �0.05; P = 0.04; I2 = 58%) than controls. However, although waist circum- ference showed a trend for improvement with group-based education at 12–14 months, the difference between groups was not significant (n = 3 studies; MD = 0.79 cm; 95% CI: �1.96, 0.38; P = 0.19; I2 = 38%). Both systolic and diastolic BP were measured at four time points (6–10, 12–14, 24 and 36–48 months post baseline). When pooled, changes in systolic and diastolic BP were not statistically different between groups for any of these intervals. In addition, there were no significant differences in total cholesterol between group-based interventions and controls at any time point. There were no statistically significant differences in HDL- cholesterol between groups at any time point. Heterogeneity was significant at all time points. There were mixed results for LDL-cholesterol when measured at two time points, 6– 10 and 12–14 months (Table 1). At 6–10 months, the meta-analysis resulted in no significant differences between groups for LDL-cholesterol (n = 12 studies; MD = 0.03 mmol/l; 95% CI: �0.13, 0.07; P = 0.59; I2 = 49%). The studies assessing LDL-cholesterol at 12– 14 months showed a significant decrease in LDL favouring the control group (n = 5 studies; MD = 0.08 mmol/l; 95% CI: 0.01, 0.15; P = 0.04; I2 = 0%). Group-based education was significantly more effective at reducing triglycerides at 6– 10 months (n = 14 studies; MD = 0.13 mmol/l; 95% CI: �0.24, �0.01; P = 0.03; I2 = 4%) and 24 months (n = 3 studies;MD = 0.32 mmol/l;95%CI:�0.58,�0.06;P = 0.01; I2 = 8%). At 12–14 months, the difference between groups for triglycerides were not significant (n = 11 studies; MD = 0.04; 95% CI: �0.22, 0.14; P = 0.66; I2 = 68%). Diabetes knowledge was reported by 16 studies and measured using a range of validated questionnaires. Group- based education was significantly associated with improved diabetes knowledge at two time points: 6–10 months (n = 7 studies; SMD = 0.61; 95% CI: 0.14, 1.08; P = 0.01; I2 = 83%) and 12–14 months (n = 7 studies; SMD = 0.58; 95% CI: 0.08, 0.97; P = 0.02; I2 = 93%). Self-efficacy was reported by five studies at three time points (6, 12 and 24 months). Group-based education showed a trend to improved self-efficacy at 12 months post baseline (n = 3 ª 2017 Diabetes UK 1031 Systematic Review or Meta-analysis DIABETICMedicine studies; SMD = 0.15; 95% CI: �0.02, 0.33; P = 0.08; I2 = 0%), however, these measures were not significant. In addition, QOL, depression, energy intake and physical activity levels were assessed (Table S4). Subgroup analyses Analyses were completed for 13 subgroups using HbA1c at the point closest to the end of each of the group-based education interventions as the outcome measure (Table 2). The type of educator subgroup analysis resulted in a significant subgroup difference (P = 0.002), with peer- and/ or lay-led group-based interventions having no significant influence on improving HbA1c (P = 0.80). Interventions facilitated by single disciplines (P = 0.0003), multidisciplinary teams (P = 0.02) or health professionals with peer supporters (P = 0.01) were effective at significantly improving HbA1c (Table 2 and Fig. S2). Types of educators were further analysed to individual disciplines included in the ‘single discipline’ group, finding that physician-, dietitian- and nurse-led group-based education interventions were effective (P < 0.00001) at improving HbA1c (Fig. S3). Heterogeneity for both subgroup analyses was significant (I2 = 79.1% and 89.2%, respectively). In addition, subgroup analysis of studies with regards to insulin therapy resulted in a significant subgroup difference (P < 0.00001), with inter- ventions that excluded participants on insulin therapy resulting in greater reductions in HbA1c (Fig. S4). Hetero- geneity for both subgroup analyses was significant (I2 = 69% and 88%, respectively). FIGURE 2 Effectiveness of group-based interventions compared with controls for Type 2 diabetes for HbA1c (%). Risk of bias: A, random sequence generation (selection bias); B, allocation concealment (selection bias); C, blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias); D, blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias); E, incomplete outcome data (attrition bias); F, selective reporting (reporting bias); G, other bias. 1032 ª 2017 Diabetes UK DIABETICMedicine Group-based education in Type 2 diabetes � K. Odgers-Jewell et al. Sensitivity analyses Sensitivity analyses were performed to explore the influence of study quality and characteristics on post-baseline HbA1c outcomes (Table 3) and heterogeneity. Forest plots for sensitivity analyses are reported in Figs S5–S9. There were no significant differences in HbA1c outcomes when study quality and attrition were explored; all subgroups showed statistically significant improvements in HbA1c (P ≤ 0.05). However, subgroups of studies assessed as being at high risk of reporting bias (Fig. S6), having baseline differences between groups (Fig. S7) and studies published in non-English journals (Fig. S9) did not show significant improvements in HbA1c. Meta-regression We used study variables and intervention characteristics including theoretical model, discipline(s) of educator(s), educator training, materials provided, delivery in primary care, both groups HbA1c < 7% at baseline, intervention length, contact time, number of participants, number of sessions, and the inclusion of family and friends in a meta- regression to explore potential associations between the size of effect and study and intervention characteristics on HbA1c at post intervention. None of these variables explained significant portions of heterogeneity among the studies (Table S5). Table 1 Summary of meta-analysis results for primary and secondary outcome measures at various time points Outcome Time point (months) No. studies No. participants (IG/CG) Mean difference (95% CI) P-value Heterogeneity (%) (I2) Heterogeneity (P-value) HbA1c (%) 6–10 30 2155/1952 �0.31 (�0.48, �0.15) 0.0002 65 < 0.00001 12–14 27 2233/2151 �0.33 (�0.49, �0.17) < 0.0001 64 < 0.00001 18 3 98/96 …
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