Study	Reason for exclusion
Aas 2005	Mixed individual and group education sessions
Anderson 2005	Primarily group education
Bacardi‐Gascon 2004	Not a randomised controlled trial/ controlled trial
Baradaran 2006	Primarily group education
Baran 1999	Not a randomised controlled trial/ controlled trial
Barcelo 2001	Mixed type 1/ type 2
Barth 1991	Primarily group education
Bloomgarden 1987	Primarily group education
Bradshaw 2006	Primarily group education
Browning 2003	Not a randomised controlled trial/ controlled trial
Cabrera‐Pivaral 2000	Primarily group education
Chen 2003	Primarily foot care intervention
Cleghorn 2004	Not a randomised controlled trial/ controlled trial
Clifford 2005	Managed care ‐ pharmacy
Cooper 2003	Primarily group education
D'Eramo‐Melkus 1992	Mixed individual and group education sessions
De Weerdt, I., 1991	Primarily group education
Deakin 2006	Control group non standardized individual education
Di Loreto 2003	Primarily physical activity intervention
Dijkstra 2006	Education of professionals
Dongbo 2003	Primarily group education
Donohoe 2000	Education of professionals
Fan 1999	Mixed individual and group education sessions
Fan, M. J., G. 2002	Not a randomised controlled trial/ controlled trial
Fornos 2006	Managed care ‐ pharmacy
Fu 2003	Primarily group education
Fukuda 1999	Mixed individual and group education sessions
Gabbay 2006	Managed care
Gaede 2001	Mixed individual and group education sessions
Gallegos 2006	Mixed individual and group education sessions
Gary 2003	Managed care
Gentile 2004	Primarily group education
Ghosh 2007	Not randomised controlled trial/ controlled trial
Gilliland 2002	Not a randomised controlled trial/ controlled trial
Glasgow	Primarily group education
Hae 2005	Managed care ‐ pharmacy
Hajdinjak 2003	Not a randomised controlled trial/ controlled trial
Hanefeld 1991	Mixed individual and group education sessions
Holtrop 2002	Primarily group education
Jayasuriya 2000	Not a randomised controlled trial/ controlled trial
Jones 2003	Education not face to face
Jungmann 1997	Not a randomised controlled trial/ controlled trial
Kirk 2004	Primarily physical activity intervention
Ko, S. H., K. 2007	Primarily group education
Korhonen 1987	Primarily dietary intervention
Kronsbein 1988	Not a randomised controlled trial/ controlled trial
Kulzer 2007	Mixed individual and group education sessions
Laitinen 1993	Primarily dietary intervention
Li 2003	Mixed individual and group education sessions
Li, X., Y. Cao, 2003	Not a randomised controlled trial/ controlled trial
Litzelman 1993	Not individual education
Lorig 2003	Not specific for diabetes
Lou 2006	Primarily group education
Lozano 1999	Primarily group education
Maislos 2004	Managed care
Martinus 2006	Primarily physical activity intervention
Mayer‐Davis 2004	Mixed individual and group education sessions
Mazzuca 1986	Mixed individual and group education sessions
Mshelia 2007	Mixed individual and group education sessions
Neder 2003	References 'Corbett 2003' which evaluated foot care
Odegard 2005	Managed care ‐ pharmacy
Pedersen 2003	Mixed individual and group education sessions
Pennings‐Van 1992	Primarily group education
Philis‐Tsimikas 2004	Mixed individual and group education sessions
Pibernik‐Okanovi2004	Not a randomised controlled trial/ controlled trial, group education
Trento 2001	Primarily group education
Wilson 1987	Primarily group education
Wolf 2004	Primarily group education
Woollard 2003	Not specific to diabetes