Diabetes Self Care Program (7 steps to success)

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Diabetes Self Care Program (7 steps to success)

1.7 Evaluation

Evaluation can be formative or summative. Formative evaluation focuses on the processes of a program eg to find out if improvements or adjustments are needed to achieve the educational outcomes. Evaluating processes is a way of monitoring the implementation of the program. The summative evaluation is focused on assessing what outcomes have been achieved from the program eg long term effects of a program.

The first phase for evaluating this program will use a formative approach as this will inform further adjustments/improvements to the education program.

Formative evaluation

1.     Service capacity measures
• total occasions of service for DSCP
2.     Service reach measures:
• number of referrals to DSCP versus prevalence of DM2 for a given geographical area
• number of referrals to DSCP of newly diagnosed DM2 versus incidence of DM2 for region
3.     Efficiency measures:
• number of people referred versus the number attending the introductory module
• number people attending the introductory module versus numbers attending further modules (none, some, all)
• number of people who actually attended versus number booked in
• number referred to other health service providers
4.     Surveys (for participants and the presenter)

These can be used at the end of each session to get a general feel for how the clients and the presenter felt after the session. Click on the link for an example of a consumer satisfaction survey and a health professional survey.

This framework can then guide discussion between the diabetes educator and the observer. A written summary about any ‘action taken’ is also recommended.

Summative evaluation (to be completed post formative evaluation stage)

The report Outcomes and Indicators for Diabetes Education – A National Consensus Position (Outcomes and Indicators Framework 2007) provides a framework for the design and evaluation of diabetes education programs. Some of the outcomes related to diabetes education from this report were identified as:

• Knowledge / understanding (including the application of knowledge)
• Self management
• Self determination
• Psychological adjustment
• Clinical outcomes

Some of the tools that can be used pre and post education to assess outcomes are listed below.

• Diabetes Knowledge Questionnaire
• Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities (SDSCA)
• Diabetes Empowerment Scale from the University of Michigan
• Problems Areas in Diabetes (PAID) questionnaire

If you would like access further information about these tools please contact Diabetes Outreach either via email of phone.

 

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