Nutan – Interview 45
Nutan was invited to enrol her daughter in a trial on the management of diabetes among children and young people. The trial was fairly straightforward and involved the completion of questionnaires over a period of three months.
Nutan is Asian Indian, aged 37 years, married and works part time in the retail trade. Her daughter aged five years was diagnosed with diabetes at age 3 years.
Nutan was invited to enrol her daughter in a trial on the management of diabetes among children and young people by the research nurse at the hospital. Nutan says she felt it would be good to take part in the study to help other parents of children with diabetes, especially parents new to diabetes.
Everything was clearly explained by the research nurse and Nutan was given information to take away and read.
The trial was fairly straightforward and involved the completion of some questionnaires over a period of three months. Although Nutan didn’t understand why some of the questions were being asked, she was happy to complete it to help other parents and children in the future. Questions she didn’t understand included questions about parking travel expenses to and from the hospital. She was also unsure about some questions as they related to school and at the time her daughter attended nursery. However, the research nurse was always available to answer any questions.
As there were no changes to her daughter’s treatment, this made the decision to take part easier. She says that if there were any side effects or a risk to her daughter’s health and wellbeing then she would need more time to think about this and would probably have to decline.
Nutan says it is important to take part in research to help advance medical knowledge.