Understanding university students' experiences of sitting while studying at home: A qualitative study.

University students are typically highly sedentary, which is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes. Attempts to understand university students' sedentary behaviour have typically focused on on-campus teaching and learning activities. While such research has documented that students perceive studying as one of the main barriers to reducing sedentary behaviour, there is little understanding of how and why studying incurs sitting, especially during home-based studying.

A systematic review of peer support interventions for student mental health and well-being in higher education.

Background: Higher education institutions (HEIs) are seeking effective ways to address the rising demand for student mental health services. Peer support is widely considered a viable option to increase service capacity; however, there are no agreed definitions of peer support, making it difficult to establish its impact on student mental health and well-being.

Aims: This systematic review aims to better understand and evaluate peer support in HEIs.

The diabetes insulin self-management education (DIME) intervention for people with type 2 diabetes starting insulin: a pilot feasibility randomised controlled trial.

Objective: To determine the feasibility and acceptability of a diabetes insulin self-management education (DIME) group intervention for people with type 2 diabetes starting insulin.

Design: Single-centre parallel randomised pilot trial.

Setting: Primary care, South London, UK.

Understanding how the university curriculum impacts student wellbeing: a qualitative study.

There is increasing pressure within universities to address student mental health. From a whole university or settings-based perspective, this could include curriculum-embedded approaches. There is little research about how this should work or what approaches might be most effective.

Exploring the Experiences and Perspectives of Insulin Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes via Web-Based UK Diabetes Health Forums: Qualitative Thematic Analysis of Threads.

Background: Despite the advent of type 2 diabetes (T2D) remission strategies and novel therapeutic agents, many individuals with T2D will require insulin treatment to achieve target glycemia, with the aim of preventing or delaying diabetes complications. However, insulin refusal and cessation of treatment in this group are common, and their needs are underreported and relatively unexplored.

Objective: This study aimed to explore the experiences and perspectives of individuals with T2D for whom insulin therapy is indicated as expressed on web-based health forums, in order to inform the development of evidence-based structured educational and support strategies and improve health care provider awareness.

Prospective study of the association between depressive symptoms at type 2 diabetes diagnosis and time to insulin initiation in the South London diabetes (SOUL-D) cohort.

Aims: Initiation of insulin is usually delayed even when required. We aim to estimate the association between depressive symptoms on time to become insulin requiring and time to insulin initiation.

Methods: 8-year follow-up of a cohort of newly diagnosed people with T2D recruited in south-east London, UK (2008-2012).

Needs, concerns and self-management experiences of people with type 2 diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study.

Background: Type 2 diabetes is associated with increased COVID-19 severity. Little is understood about the needs, concerns and self-management experiences of people with type 2 diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Aim: To examine the lived experiences of people with type 2 diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Systematic review and meta-analysis of diabetes specialist delivered insulin education for adults with type 2 diabetes in outpatient settings.

Objective: We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of insulin education for people with type 2 diabetes to assess its effectiveness in improving glycaemic levels.

Methods: We searched the following online databases from the earliest record to 17 February 2020: MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Web of science, Cochrane Library and https://clinicaltrials.gov.

The Effectiveness of Behavior Change Techniques Underpinning Psychological Interventions to Improve Glycemic Levels for Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: A Meta-Analysis.

Unlabelled: An existing systematic review and meta-analysis found a significant reduction in glycemic levels for adults with type 2 diabetes who received a psychological intervention over control conditions. To help develop effective interventions in the future, there is a need to understand the active ingredients which underpin these psychological interventions. We conducted a secondary meta-analysis including 67 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) reported in English.

Psychological interventions to improve self-management of type 1 and type 2 diabetes: a systematic review.

Background: For people with diabetes mellitus to achieve optimal glycaemic control, motivation to perform self-management is important. The research team wanted to determine whether or not psychological interventions are clinically effective and cost-effective in increasing self-management and improving glycaemic control.

Objectives: The first objective was to determine the clinical effectiveness of psychological interventions for people with type 1 diabetes mellitus and people with type 2 diabetes mellitus so that they have improved (1) glycated haemoglobin levels, (2) diabetes self-management and (3) quality of life, and fewer depressive symptoms.

Psychological interventions to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

The quality of evidence that psychological interventions are effective in improving glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D) is weak.We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of psychological interventions in T2D to assess whether their effectiveness in improving glycemic levels has improved over the past 30 years. We applied the protocol of a systematic review and aggregate meta-analysis conducted to January 2003.

Experiences of Attending Group Education to Support Insulin Initiation in Type 2 Diabetes: A Qualitative Study.

Introduction: Type 2 diabetes is a progressive condition and many people require insulin therapy 5-10 years post diagnosis. Considering the global increase in type 2 diabetes, group education programmes to initiate insulin are beneficial as they are cost-effective and provide peer support. However, group education to initiate insulin has not been widely evaluated and there is a need to elicit the views and experience of people with type 2 diabetes who start insulin in groups.

A pilot randomised test of a self-affirmation implementation intention intervention to reduce dietary salt intake.

Self-affirmation may reduce defensive processing towards health messages. We tested the effects of a self-affirmation implementation intentional intervention with regard to salt risk message acceptance, estimates of daily-recommended intake and self-reported intake. Participants ( n = 65) who consumed over 6 g/day of salt were randomised into three conditions: self-affirmation, self-affirming implementation intention and control.