How is living with diabetes experienced following a course in MBCT?
Research type
Research Study
Full title
How do people with Type 2 diabetes experience their relationship with food following a course in mindfulness?
IRAS ID
213120
Contact name
Joelle Brogan
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
City University London
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 10 months, 0 days
Research summary
Much of the research to date in relation to people with diabetes has been mainly quantitative and has emphasised the provision of psychological interventions that help people with Type 2 diabetes to reduce their measured distress and thus improve their self-management of diabetes. The understanding of the subjective nature of what people with diabetes experience following an intervention based on sound psychological theory i.e. Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) for Diabetes, is largely missing from the literature. Semi-structured interviews will be conducted with adults with diabetes who have undergone a course in mindfulness at Mile End Hospitals Diabetes Clinic and these interviews will be analysed using the qualitative method Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) to explore the experience of living with Type 2 diabetes including the relationship to food following a MBCT course. It is hoped this will inform and enhance therapeutic encounters between psychologists and those with Type 2 diabetes and improve the way in which potential change is measured. The study is time limited and is envisaged to take place between September 2016 and September 2017 with the data collection being confined to September - October 2016.
REC name
South Central - Berkshire B Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/SC/0648
Date of REC Opinion
21 Dec 2016
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion