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- Title
Review of research grant allocation to psychosocial studies in diabetes research.
- Authors
Jones, A.; Vallis, M.; Cooke, D.; Pouwer, F.
- Abstract
Aims To estimate and discuss the allocation of diabetes research funds to studies with a psychosocial focus. Methods Annual reports and funded-research databases from approximately the last 5 years (if available) were reviewed from the following representative funding organizations, the American Diabetes Association, the Canadian Diabetes Association, Diabetes Australia, Diabetes UK, the Dutch Diabetes Research Foundation and the European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes, in order to estimate the overall proportion of studies allocated research funding that had a psychosocial focus. Results An estimated mean of 8% of funded studies from our sample were found to have a psychosocial focus. Conclusions The proportion of funded studies with a psychosocial focus was small, with an estimated mean ratio of 17:1 observed between funded biomedical and psychosocial studies in diabetes research. While several factors may account for this finding, the observation that 90% of funded studies are biomedical may be partly attributable to the methodological orthodoxy of applying biomedical reductionism to understand and treat disease. A more comprehensive and systemic whole-person approach in diabetes research that resembles more closely the complexity of human beings is needed and may lead to improved care for individuals living with diabetes or at risk of diabetes.
- Subjects
CANADA; BLOOD sugar analysis; DIAGNOSIS of diabetes; DIABETES &; psychology; PEOPLE with diabetes; AMERICAN Diabetes Association; DATABASES; DIABETES; ENDOWMENT of research; MEDICAL societies; NEED (Psychology); REPORT writing; EDUCATION
- Publication
Diabetic Medicine, 2016, Vol 33, Issue 12, p1673
- ISSN
0742-3071
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/dme.13255