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University of Southern California
University of Southern California
USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
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Research
Research

Function and Emotion in Everyday Life with Type 1 Diabetes (FEEL-T1D)

Principal Investigator: Beth Pyatak
Co-Principal Investigators: Donna Spruijt-Metz, PhD; Jeffrey Gonzalez, PhD
Co-Investigators: Stefan Schneider, PhD; Jill Crandall, MD; Anne L. Peters, MD

Project Period: 4/01/19 – 3/31/23
Funding Source: NIH / National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Award Number: 1R01DK121298-01
Anticipated Award: $3,157,103

It is generally understood that fluctuations in blood glucose are both distressing and intrusive for people with type 1 diabetes, yet diabetes research to date has primarily relied on global, retrospective measures that cannot capture the relationships between acute blood glucose fluctuations, emotional well-being, and function in everyday life. To overcome this limitation, the proposed Function and Emotion in Everyday Life with Type 1 Diabetes (FEEL-T1D) study is the first large-scale study to integrate continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), ecological momentary assessment (EMA), and accelerometry to disentangle the short-term dynamic relationships between blood glucose, function, and emotional well-being in adults with type 1 diabetes. These analyses will contribute essential basic knowledge about these relationships that will be foundational to the individualization of treatment recommendations and development of innovative interventions that optimize both clinical and patient-reported outcomes.