Diabetes distress

Both emotion-focused and educational–behavioral interventions substantially reduce diabetes distress in patients with type 1 diabetes, results of the T1-REDEEM study show.

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Results of a cluster randomized trial suggest that supplementing diabetes education programs with peer support could lessen disease-associated distress for patients with type 2 diabetes.

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Emerging adults with type 1 diabetes are particularly prone to developing diabetes distress, despite reporting a relatively good quality of life, research suggests.

Peer and parental support are important factors influencing diabetes-related distress among adolescents and young adults with type 1 diabetes, researchers report.

Psychological interventions might have a small positive effect on improving self-care and glucose control in patients with type 2 diabetes, but not for relieving diabetes-related distress, suggest findings from The Cochrane Library.

A web-based self-management program significantly improves glycemic control in people with type 2 diabetes compared with simple website information, UK trial findings suggest.

Researchers find that routinely asking patients with type 1 diabetes to complete the Diabetes Distress Scale-2 may direct more healthcare resources to those who need them and help to improve outcomes.

UK research suggests that depressive symptoms have little impact on glycemic control in patients recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, but could be linked to macrovascular complications.

Supported problem-solving does not result in improved glycemic control in patients with type 1 diabetes, but does reduce diabetes distress, show the findings of a randomized trial.

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Jay Shubrook, Chair of the American Diabetes Association’s Primary Care Advisory Group, outlines what's new in 2017's ADA Standards of Care update.