Table 4. Coding of structure of DSME intervention in the eight included studies.

	= Yes, Blank = No
	Teaching Method used		Strategies					Format		Number of Diabetes-Related Topics		Number of Sessions			Total Contact Hours			Duration			Delivery of Booster Session
Authors	Didactic	Interactive	Written Material	Online/Web-based	Video	Face-to-Face		One-to-One	Group	Focus on One Topic	One or More Topics	≤5	6–10	>10	≤10	11–20	>20	≤8 weeks	9–24 weeks	>24 weeks
Al-Daghri et al. (2014) [21]		•				•			•		•
Abduelkarem and Sackville. (2009) [22]	•		•						•		•								•
Mohammed et al. (2013) [19]	•	•	•			•			•		•					•				•
Al-Sinani et al. (2010) [25]	•	•				•		•			•									•
Al-Shahrani et al. (2012) [20]	•	•	•		•	•			•		•						•	•
Al Hayek et al. (2013) [24]	•		•		•	•		•	•		•			•						•
Alasmary et al. (2013) [23]	•	•						•			•			•						•
Omer et al. (2015) [26]	•					•		•			•		•							•