Hi
@croc22056, many thanks for replying, and I see that
@RobyJaxx has given you some really good pointers to help out. Sadly, I have little experience of surveys - and it has been many years since I was at school. I don't think I can help much, but hope that by posting this, it will bring your request further up the 'recent posts' list, so that others with better ability than me can add to the good start that Robyjaxx has given.
One thing I have to say, though, is - there are many people who would be turned off by the assumption that diabetes, of whatever variety, is a diet-related disease! (If people are overweight, often it is caused
by the diabetes, not the other way around). It is a 'blame the victim' attitude that is put out by some medical professionals, and people who know little beyond what they read in the media and who then make negative judgements against overweight people. Please read up about causes of diabetes, educate yourselves about symptoms & living with it. Armed with that knowledge, will help you come up with a useful survey. Lots of info in the Home page of this site (click on the 'Home' tab at top of any page). I know little about the other diseases mentioned - but are they
really diet-related?
I would strongly suggest that you change the topic title heading & delete reference to diet-related in Q.1 (or anywhere else in the questionnaire). Q.5 delete 'diagnose'. I suspect that perhaps in your minds you may be confusing 'diagnose' with 'monitor', in that, say, for example, if checking blood glucose levels, one then finds that their levels are high, one can then 'diagnose' oneself and say - "ah, I need to do something about reducing my high blood glucose level". That sort of thing comes under 'monitoring' and 'managing', not 'diagnosing'.
For each of the questions, ask yourselves: what's the point of this question? What will the answers tell us? How will those answers help us come up with a piece of equipment that helps monitor blood glucose? (assuming it is a "piece of equipment")
Remember - there are plenty of blood monitoring items on the market already - think about how your monitor will be easier/more accurate/ quicker/ better/cheaper/less invasive/all of those things/some of those things, or whatever.
Try not to worry too much - first time of doing something like this, it's going to be hard for you to get your head around it. Best thing I can suggest, is try to keep the questions as simple and straightforward as possible. You might think to yourself that it is too simple, too easy, too straightforward - believe me, it won't be!
