[Diabetes-Talk] Research Opportunity

[Hughes, Allyson]

Hi all,


I wanted to take a minute and share some of my team's research findings and invite you to participate in ongoing research.

About 1 in 5 blind and low vision people have diabetes. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C44&q=heydarian+castro+morera+brief+report+blind+chronic+acute&btnG=#d=gs_qabs&t=1689367402964&u=%23p%3DcDhXgbgriIIJ

We found that people who could read braille and used a cane or guide dog had less distress from managing diabetes with blindness. There was no difference in distress between people who were blind from birth and people who had vision loss later in life. You can read more about these results and more in this article.

An Exploratory Mixed Methods Study of Diabetes self-management in Blind Americans - Nazanin Heydarian, Allyson S. Hughes, Osvaldo F. Morera, 2022 (sagepub.com)<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/01939459211019421>

These findings were interesting, but they also lead to many more questions about how blindness skills and characteristics are associated with diabetes self-management. That brings us to our current study. We have engaged 147 people who are blind/low vision and have diabetes. We need 53 more people to be able to start looking at the data. We would like to invite you to participate by clicking on the following link.



https://ohio.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b119QA0WOpWpWcu



The survey typically takes no longer than 10 minutes to complete. You will receive a $10 e-gift card for completing the survey.

Thank you for your time and attention! Thanks to many of you for participating in our current and past research!



Sincerely,

Ally Hughes, PhD
Nazanin Heydarian, PhD


Allyson S. Hughes, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Primary Care
Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
102 W Green Dr, Irvine Hall, Room 128E
Athens, OH 45701
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers