Openness with diabetes diagnosis
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The impact of openness, disclosure and concealment on diabetes management, glycaemic control and quality of life: an observational survey based study
IRAS ID
271323
Contact name
Michael J Cornish
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Guys & St Thomas' Foundation NHS Trust
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 11 months, 30 days
Research summary
We aim to investigate the relationship between the level of openness or concealment young people with diabetes have about their diagnosis, and its association with their quality of life and diabetes-related health outcomes. Establishing the relationship between openness/concealment of a diabetes diagnosis and health outcomes could lead to the development of interventions to improve diabetes-related health outcomes by targeting the openness with their diagnosis.
Participants will be recruited from the paediatric diabetes clinic at Evelina London Children’s Hospital. All type of diabetes will be included. Children over the age of 8 years will recruited and parents of children of all ages will also be recruited.
Participants will complete questionnaires collecting demographic information and include standardised quality of life questionnaires. The questionnaires will also collect information on how happy they are to talk about their diagnosis/their child’s diagnosis, who they are happy to know about their diagnosis/their child’s diagnosis, as well as the reasons for these decisions. We will also be collecting diabetes-related health outcome data (Hba1c, number of blood glucose checks and average blood glucose level) from their hospital records, which would have been collected as part of their routine care.
Participants will only have to complete the questionnaire once and there is no planned follow up.REC name
London - Bloomsbury Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
19/LO/2006
Date of REC Opinion
15 Apr 2020
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion