Perioperative passport: empowering people with diabetes along their surgical journey

Jackson, S.; Barker, S.; Hunt, Y.; Fowler, D.; Mitchell, S.; Hughes, L.; Morris, D.; Parkinson, C.; Sharma, S.; Page, E.; Akiboye, F.; Kerry, C.; Round, R.; Rayman, G.

Abstract

© 2017 Diabetes UK Aim: To determine whether a handheld ‘perioperative passport’ could improve the experience of perioperative care for people with diabetes and overcome some of the communication issues commonly identified in inpatient extracts. Methods: Individuals with diabetes undergoing elective surgery requiring at least an overnight stay were identified via a customized information technology system. Those allocated to the passport group were given the perioperative passport before their hospital admission. A 26-item questionnaire was completed after surgery by 50 participants in the passport group (mean age 69 years) and by 35 participants with diabetes who followed the usual surgical pathway (mean age 70 years). In addition, the former group had a structured interview about their experience of the passport. Results: The prevalence of those who reported having received prior information about their expected diabetes care was 35% in the control group vs 92% in the passport group (P

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 14, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Oct 20, 2017
• Publication Date: Dec 1, 2017
• Deposit Date: Nov 3, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 20, 2018
• Journal: Diabetic Medicine
• Print ISSN: 0742-3071
• Electronic ISSN: 1464-5491
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 34
• Issue: 12
• Pages: 1737-1741
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.13513
• Keywords: internal medicine, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, endocrinology
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/876932
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dme.13513
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• Additional Information: Additional Information : This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Page, E., Akiboye, F., Jackson, S., Kerry, C., Round, R. and Rayman, G. (2017) Perioperative passport: Empowering people with diabetes along their surgical journey. Diabetic Medicine. ISSN 0742-3071, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dme.13513. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
• Contract Date: Nov 3, 2017