Diabetes Centre
Contact us
For general inquiries including collaborations, please contact Senior Program Manager Jess Sheppard:
Phone: (08) 6456 4616
Email: diabetes.research@health.wa.gov.au
Postal address
Children's Diabetes Centre
Telethon Kids Institute
PO Box 855
West Perth Western Australia 6872
Australia
Current studies
The Diabetes Research Team of the Department of Endocrinology is looking at identifying a questionnaire that we can use in clinic to measure and understand the types of physical activity, young people with type 1 diabetes, are involved in.
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RECRUITING NOW
We want to see if introducing a home-based program of exercise (either continuous low-intensity, or intermittent high-intensity cycling, three times per week) is practical, can improve hypoglycaemia awareness, time spent in target range (3.9 to 10 mmol/L) and reduce hypoglycaemia in individuals with T1D who have impaired hypo awareness.
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To develop a set of type 1 diabetes specific educational resources for sports coaches with the help of our type 1 diabetes community.
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To develop and pilot an exercise intervention aimed at improving mental health outcomes in this population. The intervention is designed to increase physical activity engagement to improve psychological and physiological outcomes.
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FINISHED RECRUITING
Analysing data
To describe the strategies used by competitive athletes with T1D to successfully manage their condition during sport and exercise.
Researchers from Curtin University and the Children’s Diabetes Centre at the Telethon Kids Institute would like to talk to athletes with T1D to explore their strategies for managing blood glucose levels during exercise.
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RECRUITING NOW
The app asks the user questions about the activity they are going to do, and based on this information, gives insulin and carbohydrate advice for the activity. The advice is based on international exercise guidelines.
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FINISHED RECRUITING
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To investigate how much protein is necessary to prevent overnight hypos without causing high blood glucose levels. This is an important study for two reasons: (1) it would be ideal if we can prevent hypos without causing high blood glucose levels, (2) taking protein after exercise is useful for both muscle building and post-exercise muscle repair.
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STUDY FINISHED
Analysing results