Short-term use of a glucose meter among people with IGR (pre-diabetes)
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Short-term use of a glucose meter to enhance dietary education as part of an intervention for type 2 diabetes prevention among people with impaired glucose regulation
IRAS ID
234643
Contact name
Josie Evans
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Stirling
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 6 months, 0 days
Research summary
We wish to work with people who have been diagnosed with impaired glucose regulation (who have blood sugars higher than normal but not high enough to be diagnosed with diabetes) to encourage them to make changes to their lifestyle. We are wondering whether a short 4-week period of blood sugar monitoring using a glucose meter would help them to see/experience at first-hand the effects of different foods and drink on the body. This could help them to understand the key messages sourrounding a healthy diet, which in turn could support dieatary behaviour change, to reduce the chances of the person developing diabetes. This idea came from a lay person with diabetes, but we don’t know whether it would be considered acceptable to people who have not yet developed diabetes, and whether they would make use of the opportunity. We will therefore test this by giving a glucose meter to 20 people with impaired glucose regulation for 4 weeks and exploring their experiences afterwards.
REC name
South East Scotland REC 01
REC reference
17/SS/0133
Date of REC Opinion
12 Oct 2017
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion