Have you been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes within the last few years? CHOICE—the Communal Health of Interacting Couples Exchange study—is aimed at people who are newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and are either married or living with a partner. The study’s goal is to recruit 200 couples in order to learn more about how couples cope with diabetes. Results of the programs will be developed to help people with diabetes in the future.
Two interviewers from Carnegie Mellon University will come to your home (or meet you at a place convenient to both of you) and interview you about how you have been dealing with diabetes. This session lasts two hours and consists of an interview and some health measures, such as blood pressure, height and weight. In addition, there is a finger-prick for the person with diabetes to test his/her blood glucose control. The study does not involve any other medical procedures. After this in-person session, each member of the couple receives a tablet computer to use once a day for two weeks. You don’t have to have any experience with computers to do this. For completing all parts of the study, each couple receives $400.
If you are interested in participating in the study or would like more information, please call the project coordinator at 412-268-2784 or ps3x@andrew.cmu.edu.
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