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Thanks to those who have taken part in the interviews so far. We are looking for few more volunteers with T2 diabetes who are willing to share their experience with the forum. Interviews of about an hour take place in Bristol, London, or online. Reasonable travel expenses and a £10 voucher will...

Still looking for volunteers with T2 for our research on diabetes online communities. Participants are required to share their experience with the Diabetes.co.uk forum in an interview of about an hour. Interviews can take place in Bristol, Central London, or online if you can't travel...

Thanks so much to all who have taken part in the interview. We have collected more than 20 interviews and we need a few more volunteers to complete the study. To summarise, we are looking for T2 users of the online forum to take part in an interview. The interview will focus on how you read and...

Yes, we can do a video call online. Send me a private message, and I will give you more info.

I'd like to thank those who have taken part in the research so far. I am still looking for a few more volunteers with type 2 diabetes to interview. To re-cap: the interview will focus on how you read and share information on the forum; it can be done in Bristol, London, or online; reasonable...

By the way, I forgot to mention that this is new research, participants to a previous focus group in Coventry are also welcome to take part in the interview. I would also like to hear from the moderators and the great job they do in making the community a friendly place to share information and...

With reference to the study above, there is now the possibility of doing the interview in Central London. As usual, reimbursement of reasonable travel expenses in addition to a £10 voucher are offered in return. Message me for more details.

Hi all, with reference to my previous post, I realise that travel to Bristol might be difficult for some. If you would like to take part in the research but can't travel to Bristol, there is the possibility of doing the interview through an online video call. Either reply to this post, or drop...

Flash Glucose Monitoring: National arrangements for funding of relevant diabetes patients - more at this link: https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/flash-glucose-monitoring-national-arrangements-for-funding-of-relevant-diabetes-patients/ And a blog post that explains it all...

Some of you already know me from a previous study about the forum of Diabetes.co.uk. We are now conducting a new study on how diabetes online communities can support people with diabetes. Participants will be invited to the University of Bristol for a study session lasting about 50 minutes...

Hello, I am a researcher at Royal Holloway, University of London and I would like to invite you to participate to our online survey. The survey is part of an independent study about how members of Diabetes.co.uk's forum create and exchange knowledge online and how they use this knowledge to...

Hi @croc22056, my advice is to restrict the survey to diabetes (also given that this is a forum for people with diabetes). I am not an expert in the medical field but I think some people would struggle to consider cancer as a diet-related chronic disease. You also need to distinguish between...

The website https://www.t1resources.uk/home/ that provide resources to help manage Type 1 Diabetes has been awarded the "Quality in Care Award". More about this news at this link: http://www.clahrc-southlondon.nihr.ac.uk/news/2017/t1-resources-website-wins-quality-care-award

Our study report is out! You can read more about our findings and download the findings report at this link. Thanks to all members of the forum that participated to the study! :)

Recently we have conducted a study on the impact of diabetes online communities together with Diabetes.co.uk. Click here to read more about the study and download the study report. Thanks to all members of the forum that participated to the study! :)