Carnegie Mellon University

DSE/CHOICE

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Diabetes and the Social Environment

The study is a follow-up to the CHOICE study in which we study the same couples 3-5 years later. We will also study unmarried people and a close friend or family member to see how their help can affect persons with diabetes take care of themselves.

Communal Health of Interacting Couples Study

Caring for diabetes requires daily efforts, and those efforts are likely to affect both patients and spouses. We studied couples in which one person was newly diagnosed with diabetes (past five years). The goal of the study was to find ways in which spouses or partners can help persons with diabetes take care of themselves.