The DISC Study
Digital Inequalities in South Asians with Cardiometabolic disease
Updates
The DISC Study
Digital health interventions are a type of health service which are delivered electronically. They include phone apps which can track exercise, websites focusing on health and wellbeing, and information sent out using text messages. Digital health interventions are becoming more common and are used by the NHS to try and help people living with heart disease and diabetes. In the DISC (Digital Inequalities in South Asians with Cardiometabolic disease) Study, we want to understand how people of South Asian backgrounds use digital health interventions.
This study is being organised by Professor Amitava Banerjee from the Institute of Health Informatics at University College London (UCL), and is funded by the UK National Institute of Health Research: https://fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/NIHR200937 .
You can contact us at:
disc-study@ucl.ac.uk
Discussing our Findings
The DISC Study's patient advisors discuss the latest findings of the study with the research team in a series of three videos.
The DISC Study is now recruiting participants for "think aloud" interviews
The DISC (Digital Interventions for South Asians with Cardiometabolic disease) Study is looking for patients with a mobile device to take part in interviews about their experiences of digital healthcare
The DISC Study is now recruiting participants for focus group discussions
The DISC (Digital Interventions for South Asians with Cardiometabolic disease) Study is looking for patients and healthcare professionals to participate in focus group discussions about their experiences of digital healthcare.
Join the DISC Study as a Patient & Public Involvement Representative
The DISC Study is looking at inequalities in the use of digital healthcare, such as websites and phone apps, for cardiovascular disease and diabetes. This will help us understand how patient care in this area can be improved.
To make sure that the research has the largest possible impact, it is important that the findings are accessible to the diverse South Asian communities in the UK. As such, we want to involve people from a South Asian background, who have personal experience of cardiovascular disease and/or diabetes.
The DISC online survey is now open
The DISC (Digital Interventions for South Asians with Cardiometabolic disease) Study is looking for people from a South Asian background and for healthcare professionals to share their experience of digital healthcare in a short online survey.
