My research
My current research focuses on people with diabetes and their psychological well-being, and I am the Lead for the International Prevalence and Treatment of Diabetes and Depression (INTERPRET-DD) Study.
The INTERPRET-DD Study is investigating the links between diabetes and depression (and other psychological disorders) in 20 countries across 4 continents. We are currently analysing our baseline data in 3,000 participants as we follow them up over the next two years. During this time we will be looking at the impact of depression on diabetic control and complications and the care pathways that are initiated to treat those who have been diagnosed with depression. Our study protocol has been published:
Lloyd CE, on behalf of the INTERPRET-DD study investigators. The INTERPRET-DD study of diabetes and depression; a protocol. Diabetic Medicine 2015; 32:925-934.
My other research has focussed on the experience of having diabetes in people from the South Asian community living in the UK. Part of this research was the development of alternative modes of questionnaire completion for people who's main language was not written but only spoken. These questionnaires helped us to understand their mental health and diabetes self-management challenges in order to ensure that they received the care and support they needed.
Two projects have been funded by Diabetes UK:
1. The development of alternative modes of data collection in minority ethnic populations with diabetes.
2. Identifying psychological problems in South Asians with diabetes.
This research has also been replicated in Bangladesh (see 'international collaborations').
I am also a co-investigator on a research study which looks at fear of hypoglycaemia in children and young people with Type 1 diabetes and their families.
For many years I have collaborated on a longitudinal study of adults with Type 1 diabetes in the U.S. (see 'international collaborations'), which includes a focus on psychological well-being known as 'The Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications (EDC) Study. I have just finished supervising a PhD student from the EDC group, her first publication is already out:
Fickley CE, Lloyd CE, Costacou T, Miller RG and Orchard TJ. Type A behavior and risk of all-cause mortality, CAD, and CAD-related mortality, in a type 1 diabetes population: 22 years of follow-up in the Pittsburgh Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications Study, Diabetes Care 2013; DOI: 10.2337/dc13-0266
The INTERPRET-DD Study is investigating the links between diabetes and depression (and other psychological disorders) in 20 countries across 4 continents. We are currently analysing our baseline data in 3,000 participants as we follow them up over the next two years. During this time we will be looking at the impact of depression on diabetic control and complications and the care pathways that are initiated to treat those who have been diagnosed with depression. Our study protocol has been published:
Lloyd CE, on behalf of the INTERPRET-DD study investigators. The INTERPRET-DD study of diabetes and depression; a protocol. Diabetic Medicine 2015; 32:925-934.
My other research has focussed on the experience of having diabetes in people from the South Asian community living in the UK. Part of this research was the development of alternative modes of questionnaire completion for people who's main language was not written but only spoken. These questionnaires helped us to understand their mental health and diabetes self-management challenges in order to ensure that they received the care and support they needed.
Two projects have been funded by Diabetes UK:
1. The development of alternative modes of data collection in minority ethnic populations with diabetes.
2. Identifying psychological problems in South Asians with diabetes.
This research has also been replicated in Bangladesh (see 'international collaborations').
I am also a co-investigator on a research study which looks at fear of hypoglycaemia in children and young people with Type 1 diabetes and their families.
For many years I have collaborated on a longitudinal study of adults with Type 1 diabetes in the U.S. (see 'international collaborations'), which includes a focus on psychological well-being known as 'The Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications (EDC) Study. I have just finished supervising a PhD student from the EDC group, her first publication is already out:
Fickley CE, Lloyd CE, Costacou T, Miller RG and Orchard TJ. Type A behavior and risk of all-cause mortality, CAD, and CAD-related mortality, in a type 1 diabetes population: 22 years of follow-up in the Pittsburgh Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications Study, Diabetes Care 2013; DOI: 10.2337/dc13-0266
