Enhancement of Glucollector
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Enhancement of Glucollector
IRAS ID
272496
Contact name
Jackie Elliott
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Duration of Study in the UK
3 years, 2 months, 28 days
Research summary
People with type 1 diabetes vary their insulin dose according to the carbohydrate content of the meal, the blood glucose reading at that time, and to make allowances for physical activity and alcohol. Most people with type 1 diabetes in the UK find this difficult, consequently ~70% do not achieve the recommended blood glucose targets, putting them at risk of eye, kidney and nerve damage, which leads to blindness, dialysis and amputations.
This research follows on from a larger study, DAFNEplus, evaluating an updated educational programme (DAFNE: Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating). We aim to gather feedback on technologies which transmit data to a website (Glucollector) to help us improve the design of these.
Technology used in this study are: the widget - a device used to transmit blood glucose data (together with carbs, insulin bolus and ketones when available) to the Glucollector website which can be accessed using a web-browser from a PC, tablet or smart phone; the physical activity monitor - a watch which is used to capture data on daily steps, heart rate, and amount of sleep; we are not evaluating the physical activity monitor itself but the usefulness of the data it provides. The data is analysed within the Glucollector computer application and is presented as a website in such formats so as to help with data interpretation, analysis and pattern recognition.
We are looking for people to help us evaluate the technologies and give feedback on their experiences. We hope that the end product is a website that is better able to support people with type 1 diabetes understand their blood glucose data and make better informed decisions about their insulin doses.
We will also be exploring a possible relationship between emotional wellbeing and blood glucose readings so will ask participants to complete online questionnaires about this.
REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - South Yorkshire Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
20/YH/0097
Date of REC Opinion
17 Mar 2020
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion