Diabetes College Engineering Project

Type 1 and LADA
1
hello,

I am currently doing a college project on a new basal insulin treatment for diabetic patients and would like some feedback. I would appreciate it if you all could take a little time to fill out this short survey.

Survey Part 1:
[url=http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2KY2TFD]Diabetes Survey[/url]

Survey Part 2:
[url=http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Y5ZJL6D]Diabetes-2 Survey[/url]

It is in two parts with 8 multiple choice questions on each. I am sorry about splitting the survey in two parts.

This is in no intention to spam your discussion forum but I would like to know your opinion on current insulin treatments.

Feel free to send me a message if you have any questions. Also, if you know anybody who is diabetic and is willing to spend a little time to fill out a short survey, please send them the links.

Thanks for your help!
2

There is a faulty question on survey #2. You state that the follow are current treatments: inhaled insulin, transdermal insulin and insulin pills. None of these exist (in fact, you can’t ever make insulin pills because insulin cannot be digested). While I filled out survey #1, survey #2 is inaccurate and cannot be completed.

3

The posting of this survey has been approved by the TuDiabetes Administrative team.

4

actually, the goal of my project is to design an a polymeric insulin pill that can withstand the low gastric pH. The survey is trying to find the consumer preference for one therapy over another.

Currently, there are a few polymeric insulin pills in the FDA testing phases. I am sorry if this caused any confusion. We hope to develop a new polymer that can withstand the low pH as well as timed dosing so diabetic patients will only need to take 1 pill to satisfy their daily basal insulin needs.

Thanks for participating!

5

Yes, but you stated that they are current drugs and that you want me to rate the difficulty of use. I don’t know how difficult they are to use because they don’t exist!

“Please rate the following current insulin treatments based on their ease of use (with 5 being the most difficult):”

I understand that your goal is for a treatment in development, but that’s not what you asked. You should modify your question in order to gain the most accurate data.

6

good i was curious…

7

agreed, i highly doubt a insulin pill would satisfy my needs… considering what she just said. So i put that as most difficult. I’m officially confused by survey >< And for the record i use needles not pens.