Table 1.

Summary of study

The peer support in diabetes study
• Aims
To determine whether a peer support programme for patients with type 2 diabetes improves biophysical and psychosocial outcomes and whether it is an acceptable, cost effective intervention in a primary care setting
• Design
Cluster randomised controlled trial.
• Participants
420 patients with type 2 diabetes recruited from 20 general practices 30 peer supporters, also patients with type 2 diabetes, from 10 intervention general practices.
• Primary Outcomes
Blood pressure Total cholesterol HBA1c Well being score [14]