Intervention (counseling)

Lifestyle modification

Diabetes mellitus

Clinical psychology

Biology

Endocrinology

Psychiatry

Systematic review

MEDLINE

Behaviour change

Computer science

Retention rate

Computer security

Biochemistry

Medicine

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) prevention is a worldwide health care priority [1], with levels of prediabetes predicted to rise from 374 million in 2019 to 548 million by 2045 [1]. This is increasingly important as levels of obesity and physical inactivity being major contributory factors towards the global diabetes burden, are escalating [1,2]. Although T2DM directly leads to approximately 1.3 million deaths annually (worldwide), it is a major risk factor for other causes of death and conditions such as cardiovascular disease, kidney diseases and blindness [3].

A systematic review of recruitment strategies and behaviour change techniques in group-based diabetes prevention programmes focusing on uptake and retention