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REDUCE

Our findings

We are committed to sharing our findings both widely and transparently.

We share our findings in a wide range of ways, including peer-reviewed publications and lay summaries, prior publications related to REDUCE, and conference presentations.

Peer-reviewed publications and lay summaries

Explore the peer-reviewed research that the REDUCE project has produced.

Development of a resource-use measure to capture costs of diabetic foot ulcers

Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) add a significant burden to the lives of people with diabetes in the United Kingdom.

Experiences of living with, managing, and preventing reoccurrence of diabetic foot ulcers

Interest is growing in people’s lived experiences of diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs), including their management and prevention.

Development of the REDUCE intervention

Addressing the psychological and behavioural factors which play a major role in DFUs recurrence and healing.

Facilitating a complex behaviour-change intervention

Exploring how healthcare professionals developed the skills and confidence needed to support behaviour change.

Prior publications

REDUCE builds on a strong foundation of previous research into diabetic foot care, behaviour change, and digital health. Read about earlier studies by members of this team that informed the development of REDUCE.

Westby M, Norman G, Vedhara K, Game F, Cullum N. Psychosocial and behavioural prognostic factors for diabetic foot ulcer development and healing: a systematic review. Diabet Med. 2020 Aug;37(8):1244-1255. doi: 10.1111/dme.14310. Epub 2020 Jun 17. PMID: 32315474.

Norman, G., Westby M. J., Vedhara, K.,  Game, F., Cullum, N. A., Effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for the prevention and treatment of foot ulcers in people with diabetes: a systematic review. Diabet. Med. 37, 1256–1265(2020) doi: 10.1111/dme.14326

Greenwell K, Sivyer K, Vedhara K, Yardley L, Game F, Chalder T, Richards G, Drake N, Gray K, Weinman J, Bradbury K. Intervention planning for the REDUCE maintenance intervention: a digital intervention to reduce reulceration risk among patients with a history of diabetic foot ulcers. BMJ Open. 2018 May 18;8(5):e019865. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019865. PMID: 29779008; PMCID: PMC5961606.

Beattie AM, Campbell R, Vedhara K. 'What ever I do it's a lost cause.' The emotional and behavioural experiences of individuals who are ulcer free living with the threat of developing further diabetic foot ulcers: a qualitative interview study. Health Expect. 2014 Jun;17(3):429-39. doi: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2012.00768.x. Epub 2012 Mar 20. PMID: 22429399; PMCID: PMC5060729.

Vedhara K, Beattie A, Metcalfe C, Roche S, Weinman J, Cullum N, Price P, Dayan C, Cooper AR, Campbell R, Chalder T. Development and preliminary evaluation of a psychosocial intervention for modifying psychosocial risk factors associated with foot re-ulceration in diabetes. Behav Res Ther. 2012 May;50(5):323-32. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2012.02.013. Epub 2012 Mar 6. PMID: 22459731.

Conference presentations

Public Health Wales Research and Evaluation Conference

Cullen K, Jones M, Sheehan C, Game F, Vedhara K, Fitzsimmons D. (2023). Development of a resource-use measure to capture costs of diabetic foot ulcers to the United Kingdom National Health Service, patients and society.

International Symposium on the Diabetic Foot (ISDF)

Read the full conference abstracts in the symposium booklet (PDF).