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Rankin D, Heller S, Lawton J.  Understanding information and education gaps among people with type 1 diabetes: A qualitative investigation.  Patient Education and Counselling 2011: 83:87-91

Lawton J, Rankin D, Cooke D, Clark M, Elliot J, Heller S, for the UK NIHR DAFNE Study Group.  Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating: A qualitative longitudinal exploration of the food and eating practices of type 1 diabetes patients converted to flexible intensive insulin therapy in the UK.  Diabetes Research & Clinical Practice 2011; 91:87-93

Rankin D, Cooke DD, Clark M, Heller S, Elliott J.  How and why do patients with type 1 diabetes sustain their use of flexible intensive insulin therapy?  A qualitative longitudinal investigation of patients' self-management practices following attendance on a Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating (DAFNE) course.  Diabetic Medicine 2011, 28, 532-538

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Rankin D, Cooke D, Heller S, Elliott J and Lawton J for the UK NIHR DAFNE Study Group.  Experience of using blood glucose targets when implementing an intensive insulin regimen: a qualitative longitudinal investigation involving patients with type 1 diabetes.  Diabetic Medicine  in press.

 

D Gunn, P Mansell.  Glycaemic Control and Weight 7 years after DAFNE Education.  The provision of structured education is increasingly prevalent in the management of type 1 diabetes (T1DM).  There is little long-term follow-up data from such programmes.  We have assessed HbA1c and weight over a 7 year period following the DAFNE (Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating) structured education course.  Clinical Practice Article

 

 

1Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Nottingham University Hospitals

2School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Nottingham


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