Delivery of Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating (DAFNE) in the UK and Ireland 2019-2022

Background To date, evaluations of the structured diabetes education programme, Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating (DAFNE), have focused on improvements in clinical and psychosocial outcomes, however, little is known about implementation and participant attendance across centres. We compared participant profile, course delivery and retention across Irish and UK centres and patterns of course delivery pre and during Covid-19. Methods Data collected annually by DAFNE centres (01.01.2019 to 01.01.2022) were analysed. Multivariable logistic regression assessed the association between demographic (age, gender) and clinical variables (years since diagnosis; DKA requiring admission in past 12 months; severe hypoglycaemic event (hypo) in the last year), course format and country, with non-completion (attended