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Women with Type 2 Diabetes Study - thank you voucher for participation

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Hi everyone,

I am Aycan, a PhD student at King’s College London. I am looking to recruit women with type 2 diabetes aged 18-45 years to take part in my doctoral research. I have received permission to post my study here and would really appreciate women who are able to participate my study. This study has been approved by KCL ethics committee. The study involves an interview on diabetes and your experiences during your reproductive years. Interview lasts nearly 1 hour by online method (zoom, phone calls etc.) according to your preferences. Following the completion of the interview, you will receive a £20 voucher as a ‘’thank you’’ for your help.
Even if you may not meet criteria for it, please feel free to share it and pass on to anyone you may know who fits the criteria.

If you have any questions or want to find out more information, feel free to contact me on here or by e-mail on aycan.celik@kcl.ac.uk

Thank you in advance for your time and consideration to participate in this study.

Aycan
aycan.celik@kcl.ac.uk
PhD researcher - King's College London
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Clearly I'm not eligible in any way BUT I'd like to ask @Aycan if she is able to tell us if there are many people who do fit the bill in the UK? (and haven't eg really got LADA)
 
trophywench said:
Clearly I'm not eligible in any way BUT I'd like to ask @Aycan if she is able to tell us if there are many people who do fit the bill in the UK? (and haven't eg really got LADA)
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Hi Tropywench!
Thank you for your questions. While many people (including some health professionals) consider Type 2 diabetes a condition of older people there has been a shift in the age of onset of Type 2 diabetes towards a much younger age. Consequently the incidence of Type 2 diabetes among younger people increasing. This is evident the current UK diabetes pregnancy national audit data. For the past few year in the UK, of all of the women with established diabetes before pregnancy, half of these are now women with Type 2 diabetes. In contrast 13 years ago a national diabetes pregnancy report identified that at that time only third of these women had Type 2 diabetes. This is just one of the marker we use to indicate the increase in the onset of Type 2 diabetes at a younger age. We also know from the national audits of the children’s diabetes services that Type 2 diabetes is increasing with more girls than boys diagnosed under that age of 25 years.
 
So have all the gestational/subsequently Type 2, been properly tested for LADA?

That doesn't explain the kiddies obviously, but there again the UK diet generally isn't what it was - far, far less fresh food eaten and noses turned up when you present a child with succulent roast chicken instead of breadcrumbed nuggets. Ditto fresh fish - if it ain't deep fried in batter, clearly you are trying to poison them .... Or a chop with - OMG - BONE in it!
 
Thank you for your reply

We are aiming to try and work with women aged 18 -45 years who have a known diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes so that we can try and identify how best services can be tailored for their particular needs. It is not routine practice to test for LADA when someone presents with Type 2 diabetes and testing for it would be driven by the clinical symptoms that a person presents to their healthcare provider with. It is beyond the scope of this study to do such tests. We are asking women with a known diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes to contact us. There is a lot we are still learning, and need to learn about Type 2 diabetes.
 
Well I agree entirely that you can only work with what's available!
 
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