Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) has developed a decision-support toolkit, which can be used on a desktop browser or mobile app, which helps healthcare professionals to support people with type 1 diabetes to improve their blood glucose control. The toolkit prioritises five factors which influence the ability to manage glucose control:
- Environmental and social factors (including the social determinants of health and factors which may act as barriers to achieving good glucose control)
- Structured education
- Psychological and behavioural interventions (including approaches to addressing hypoglycaemia unawareness, eating disorders, depression and anxiety)
- Glucose-lowering and glucose-monitoring technologies (including continuous glucose monitoring and insulin pumps)
- Glucose metrics (including glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) and Ambulatory Glucose Profile)
- This toolkit will be of interest to healthcare professionals in primary and secondary care involved in the care of individuals with type 1 diabetes, including general practitioners (GPs), diabetes physicians, nurses, paediatricians, clinical psychologists and pharmacists.
It will also be of interest to:
- people living with type 1 diabetes, their family and carers
- supportive organisations in the voluntary sector policy makers.
