Elaine - Interview 04  

Elaine - Interview 04

Age at Interview: 49
Sex: Female
Background: works as a healthcare assistant. She is married with two sons aged 17 and 22. Ethnic background: white British.

Brief outline:Elaine has taken part as a healthy volunteer in several diabetes and metabolism research studies, where she has given blood and tissue samples. Healthy volunteers help researchers understand how influences such as diet and weight interact with our genes.

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Elaine - Interview 04
Elaine is a healthy volunteer. She saw no personal health benefit in taking part.

 



Well, I must have just read what they sent to me, and because it was only something like taking your height and weight and a blood sample, I thought, “Well, that’s not a big issue, you know, if it’s going to help them, you know, I can quite easily go along, takes half an hour at the very most.” And, you know, it’s not any different from going to give blood, is it? In fact, it takes less time. So, you know, I just felt that some good would come out of it.

 
Was there any part of it where you thought you might personally benefit from taking part?
 
Not really. I mean, there’s no history of diabetes in my family. There is on my husband’s side, so maybe that influenced me slightly. But I certainly didn’t feel that I would ever be at risk of having diabetes myself so it was never, not for me.

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