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(Paid) Research participation request on food information seeking!

Thanks Aisha. Just to add that we do have a small budget to thank participants for their time by offering them a £20 gift card. We also have money set aside for up to £30 travel reimbursement if people prefer an in-person focus group in Sheffield or Cambridge.

Thanks so much for your time.
 
Hello - yes it does! Pedantry welcome and expected! The researchers live with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, but we haven't restricted the research to just two types either 🙂
 
Hi everyone, we are still seeking participants for this study please share with anyone who may be interested!
 
I think I filled this in but haven't heard anything back yet. I'd be really interested in this but I do understand if I didn't get through the selection process!
 
Natalie123 said:
I think I filled this in but haven't heard anything back yet. I'd be really interested in this but I do understand if I didn't get through the selection process!
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Thanks so much! We've been grouping people and my job tomorrow is to reach out with suggested times so please keep an eye on your inbox (/spam folder just in case)!
 
Awesome, thanks
 
Reposting from the general thread to try to reach the right people - As a person living with diabetes for over 30 years and researcher at the University of Cambridge where I work on Desirable Digitisation, I am excited to invite participants (people living with diabetes in the UK) to take part in focus groups to talk about your experience of carbohydrate and nutrition tracking/information finding technology, and if we - the people concerned - could imagine something better. Myself and a colleague from the University of Sheffield have been continually frustrated by the apps available to us for cabohydrate tracking and how this part of diabetes mangement is still really burdensome - so we have undertaken a study to actually talk to people living with diabetes from across the UK to ask what we would like to see - what features would make our lives easier, and what is just not helpful? If you are interested in sharing your views and experience of food tracking technology please fill out the expression of interest linked in the poster below - and we'll get back to you asap!

If QR codes aren't your thing, a link to the expression of interest survey is below, and includes detials of our researhcer contact emails if you have any further questions!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1...y6w0akanKmCVYKPblVswmscHg/viewform?usp=dialog

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This study has been approved by @Ieva DUK and is not affiliated with Diabetes UK!
 
Just spent a very interesting hour chatting with Aisha and Gemma about food tracking apps and all things diabetes. Give the study a go, we all have our own views and who knows you may have the key, idea, experience that makes a difference.
 
Aisha_Researcher said:
I am excited to invite participants (people living with diabetes in the UK) to take part in focus groups to talk about your experience of carbohydrate and nutrition tracking/information finding technology, and if we - the people concerned - could imagine something bette
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why not just read the information on the packaging?
I've had type1 for 60 years, when first diagnosed my mum was given a booklet with carb values in but now days info is on the packaging for food and if eating out by law the info has to be provided by staff when requested.

Personally I have never tracked any nutrition or carbohydrate information. I count carbs for meals and bolus, then I get on with life. ☺
 
Pumper_Sue said:
why not just read the information on the packaging?
I've had type1 for 60 years, when first diagnosed my mum was given a booklet with carb values in but now days info is on the packaging for food and if eating out by law the info has to be provided by staff when requested.

Personally I have never tracked any nutrition or carbohydrate information. I count carbs for meals and bolus, then I get on with life. ☺
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Thanks Sue, I totally agree that lots of information can be found on packaging, and remember the good old days where you got given a book - the same thing happened for me. I think I would class what you've said you do - finding out information carbohydrate information you eat - as tracking in a way, we just want to specifically find out about people's experiences who use digital methods to do this. It is becoming more and more popular to use apps to find out the carb information for a meal (especially when its made up of different amounts of foods which - at least in my opinion - can make finding info from packaging and weighing ingredients out and such pretty labour intensive) in addition to some advantages of knowing the fibre, fat, protein and gi values of the foods - and their proportions relative to one another - as this can also be useful information about blood sugar spiking and the type of absorption the carbohydrate will have. It then tends to be pretty common for people to keep a record of this information so they can reflect on how their body handled the food - especially in relation to CGM and Libre sensor information we have now. We would love to work with other diabetic people to think about how this could be done in a way that suits us and shows us the information in a way that is the most useful.
 
Pumper_Sue said:
why not just read the information on the packaging?
I've had type1 for 60 years, when first diagnosed my mum was given a booklet with carb values in but now days info is on the packaging for food and if eating out by law the info has to be provided by staff when requested.

Personally I have never tracked any nutrition or carbohydrate information. I count carbs for meals and bolus, then I get on with life. ☺
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When I was made a diabetic 15 years ago I knew no one with diabetes and nothing about diabetes, it was an alien world only made navigable by a very dedicated consultant and the help of people like @Northerner on this Forum. Now rather like yourself I have (some) experience and I am comfortable managing my blood glucose to remain in range 85%+ most days without the need to consult labels etc. That doesn't mean that i cannot or should not assist researchers because unfortunately there is an endless stream of newbies having to come to terms with living with diabetes. If the technology exists and it makes life easier (eg CGM, Pump) then we should all have the chance to make best use of it. Having recently had to change my diet from High Fibre to Low Fibre I could potentially see a need for an APP.
 
Aisha_Researcher said:
Thanks Sue, I totally agree that lots of information can be found on packaging, and remember the good old days where you got given a book - the same thing happened for me.
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Yep and funny enough, we never had this burn out everyone seems to complain about.
Perhaps worth thinking about, taking a step back and remembering people with diabetes do actually have a life and life is not just a day full of statistics'. Life is for living not being controlled by apps and diabetes.
 
Well I have to say Sue that I largely pooh poohed 'DIABETES BURNOUT' MYSELF UNTIL about 18 months ago when I suddenly started thinking that I'd just had enough of it and it was more than beyond time I deserved to have some sort of a bit of a rest from it. I also stated that the thought of letting a damned mobile phone operate my insulin pump and therefore need to rely on the stupid thing to keep me alive, horrified me. Despite pointing out to me that the bulk of modern insulin pumps, espcially CLosed Loop ones, all needed mobile phone connection - she put my name forward to get a closed loop pump sooner, rather than later. Which I did and it's not that much of a rest, just a bit different again

However - your early advice that to have an effect at X o'clock with a pump you have to change the basal rate at X minus 2 hours - still applies.
 
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