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. 2022 Dec 13:13:1069436.
doi: 10.3389/fendo.2022.1069436. eCollection 2022.

Applying the RE-AIM implementation framework to evaluate diabetes health coaching in individuals with type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and secondary analysis

Megan Racey  1   2 , Milos Jovkovic  1   2 , Paige Alliston  1   2 , Diana Sherifali  1   2
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Applying the RE-AIM implementation framework to evaluate diabetes health coaching in individuals with type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and secondary analysis

Megan Racey et al. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). .

Abstract

Background: Diabetes health coaching continues to emerge as an effective intervention to support diabetes self-management. While previous systematic reviews have focused on the effectiveness of diabetes health coaching programs in adults with type 2 diabetes (T2DM), limited literature is available on its implementation. This review examines what aspects of diabetes health coaching interventions for adults living with type 2 diabetes have been reported using the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance (RE-AIM) framework to optimize implementation.

Methods: We examined the included studies from our recently completed systematic review, which searched 6 databases for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of health coaching interventions delivered by a health professional for adults with T2DM. Reviewers screened citations and extracted data for study characteristics and the 5 dimensions (62 criteria) of the RE-AIM framework.

Results: 9 diabetes health coaching RCTs were included in this review. 12 criteria were reported by all the included studies and 21 criteria were not reported by any of the studies. The included studies all reported on more than 20 RE-AIM criteria, ranging from 21 to 27. While Reach was the best reported construct by the included studies, followed by Effectiveness and Implementation, the criteria within the Adoption and Maintenance constructs were rarely mentioned by these studies. In general, there was also wide variation in how each of the criteria were reported on by study authors.

Conclusions: Due to the paucity of reporting of the RE-AIM components for diabetes health coaching, limited implementation and clinical practice implications can be drawn. The lack of detail regarding implementation approaches to diabetes health coaching greatly limits the interpretation and comparisons across studies to best inform the application of this intervention to support diabetes self-management.

Systematic review registration: PROSPERO identifier, CRD42022347478.

Keywords: RE-AIM (reach; adoption; effectiveness; health coaching; implementation and maintenance); systematic review; type 2 diabetes.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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