A research team in Health Informatics at City University, London are looking for participants to take part in some pilot research for a PhD project.
Omid L. Shabestari's PhD project is about learning about diabetes using web technology and he has created a prototype that he now needs to test called CareNet.
For the successful implementation of internet based social networks for diabetes education, he says it is essential to find out which aspects of the system are most important to users and how successful such a system can be. He is carrying out this research to measure these factors.
This research will last until September 2010 and researchers are asking participants to use this system for at least six months. Because the aim is to follow participants for at least four months, the last date for recruitment would be the end of May 2010.
The inclusion criteria for this research is anyone with diabetes aged between 10 to 30 years old.
For an information sheet and to register your interest in this study please contact Omid L. Shabestari M.D at:
Centre for Health Informatics
School of Informatics
City University
Northampton Square
London
EC1V 0HB
UK
Or by email: omid.shabestari.1@soi.city.ac.uk