What could be improved Lay Longer day to do more c Greater lay & professional integration More notice of session content Professional Present evidence base Choice about group allocation Video examples of the intervention Engaging patient and professional stakeholders to develop a complex intervention Lessons learned from The DEPICTED Study Principal investigators: John Gregory 1, Mike Robling 2,3. Project team: Rachel McNamara 2,3, Kristina Bennert 2,3, Helen Hambly 2,3, Veronica Dunning 2,3. Co-applicants: Kerenza Hood 2,3, Steve Rollnick 3, Chris Butler 3, Sue Channon 4, Lesley Lowes 5, David Cohen 6, Mirella Longo 6, Ian Russell 7, Charlotte Crawley 8, Liz Crowne 9. 1 Dept Child Health, Cardiff University; 2 South East Wales Trials Unit; Cardiff University 3 Dept Primary Care & Public Health, Cardiff University; 4 Cardiff & Vale NHS Trust; 5 School of Nursing & Midwifery Studies, Cardiff University; 6 School of Care Sciences, University of Glamorgan; 7 Institute of Medical and Social Care Research, University of Wales, Bangor; 8 Lay representative; 9 United Bristol Healthcare Trust Background The DEPICTED study is developing a blended learning programme called ‘Talking Diabetes’ comprising e-learning and face-to-face workshops. The programme teaches consultation strategies and skills for optimising behaviour change in young people with diabetes. Active engagement with professional and lay stakeholders was a key feature in the development process. What participants valued Lay Chance for child to reflect on own condition Being actively listened to a Professional Enthusiastic & generous researchers Addressing the research challenge Learning about study Both Being involved / contributing to a process Meeting & hearing from others b Opportunity to influence practice Tracking development process of the research Stakeholder Action Group (SAG) Aim: to review and advise the research team on design and implementation options for the developing study intervention and evaluative trial. The advisory group: SAG membership was chosen to reflect key stakeholder perspectives on living with diabetes, and behaviour change in childhood and adolescence. Lay members included teenage patients, adult patients, parents of younger and older children and representation from Diabetes UK. Professional members included representation from general practice, paediatrics, clinical psychology, social work, psychiatry, specialist nursing, dietetics, school nursing. Members were drawn from a variety of services / areas in England and Wales. Research team: A professional facilitator worked with the core research group (KB, HH, MR, JG) to plan and manage each meeting. The wider multi-disciplinary team attended and co- facilitated the meetings. The SAG meetings: Three day-long meetings were run on weekends over 10 months in A variety of approaches were used in running each meeting: Parent a: “All of the group work and feeling you are helping towards a worthwhile goal. Having my ideas listened to and taken on board.” Patient b: “Listening to other people's ideas and helping design the tool.” Parent c: “I don’t think so- no- it has all been well organised- maybe have a longer day to get more in.” How did stakeholders contribute? Identifying barriers and facilitators to evaluation phase participation and retention Assess general feasibility and acceptability of planned intervention Contribute to detailed graphic design and usage guidelines for patient agenda-tool Contribute to research protocol for evaluation phase: identifying outcomes for patients and professionals Naming competition for patient agenda- setting tool Interim newsletters Lay, professional & mixed groups Plenary presentations Formal evaluation Small group discussion Poster displays Feedback – verbal / flipchart Voting stands Presenting author: Dr Mike Robling, Dept of Primary Care & Public Health, Cardiff University Contacts: Dr Mike Robling: Study office: Study website: The DEPICTED Study (ISRCTN: ) is sponsored and hosted by Cardiff University, and fully coordinated by the South East Wales Trials Unit. The study is funded by the Dept of Health. Illustrative quotes from lay participants: Being involved: formal evaluation of participation Following the third meeting participant feedback was gathered using a structured evaluation form. What people valued or thought could be changed is shown below with some quotes illustrating selected points. Key messages Lay and professional participation in complex intervention development was successfully achieved. Integration of lay and professional participants was more challenging – matching group tasks and group composition was especially important. Enabling less forthcoming participants, for example, teenagers requires particular attention but can also be achieved. Attention to interpersonal family dynamics was important. Running sessions requires a lot of preparation and organisation. Clarity about individual roles and autonomy in study decision- making is vital – participants and researchers need to know how they can contribute. How were meetings run? Each meeting was attended by lay, and professional participants. Stakeholders contributed to the research process in a variety of ways: