Help Shape Support for Emotional Wellbeing in Diabetes

Are you living with type 2 diabetes? Your experiences matter — and we’d love to hear from you.

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London and the University of Bath are inviting adults (18+) to take part in the DWELL study — a project focused on improving emotional wellbeing for people living with diabetes.

Researchers at University of Liverpool would like to recruit people over 18 with painful diabetic neuropathy to take part in a study. They want to hear from the community, to highlight the main issues that people face daily, throughout their patient journey in accessing care and support, and identify priorities for improved patient care. 

Researchers at the University of Leicester and the Leicester Diabetes Centre are recruiting people with type 2 diabetes aged 18-45 years that were diagnosed before the age of 40 to participate in the DANA study. As part of this study, participants will be given access to a digital self-management programme that has been developed in partnership with young adults with lived experience of type 2 diabetes.

 The programme is called MyDESMOND Connect and includes: 

Researchers at King’s College London would like to recruit women with a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes, aged 18-45 years, to take part in a study which is looking at how we can improve their experience of healthcare. The study is called the RESET study.

Our aim is to address the problem of stigma, which involves feeling judged or excluded because of diabetes. We know from our previous research that stigma affects many women with type 2 diabetes in terms of their physical and mental health and well-being, as well as their interaction with healthcare services.