ACBRD research highlights the relationship between depression, glycaemia, complications and diabetes self-care
By Sarah Manallack
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Category: Diabetes MILES
Social support can affect how people with diabetes think, feel and act
An ACBRD study published in Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice explores the relationship between social support and self-care.
By Anneta Jayantha
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Self-esteem and social support protect against the impact of diabetes stigma
New insights from the second Diabetes MILES– Australia study published in Diabetes Care
By Dr Elizabeth Holmes-Truscott
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The psychological factors linked to disordered eating in adolescents with type 1 diabetes
The centre publishes new insights from the Diabetes MILES Youth – Australia study
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ACBRD has a strong presence at the 2019 Australasian Diabetes Congress: #19ADC
ACBRD staff and students were involved in 15 presentations across three days of the Southern Hemisphere’s largest diabetes congress
by Dr Amelia Lake, Jennifer Halliday and Jasmine Schipp
Our latest study shows 1 in 10 adults with diabetes experience raised combined anxiety/depression symptoms, and have increased odds of suboptimal diabetes self-care
In this paper, from the International Diabetes MILES study, we consider the relationship between depression, anxiety and diabetes self-care
Nudging healthy behaviours
Highlights of the 24th Spring Scientific Meeting of PsychoSocial Aspects of Diabetes (PSAD) Study Group of the EASD (Malaga, Spain: 25-27 April 2019)
By Dr Amelia Lake and Prof Jane Speight
Everyday forgetfulness is associated with forgetting to take diabetes medication
In this paper from the Australian MILES-2 dataset, we report on the relationship between everyday forgetfulness and an important aspect of diabetes self-care
The ACBRD celebrates the graduation of Dr Virginia Hagger
We congratulate Dr Virginia Hagger, who was awarded her PhD in Psychology at a graduation ceremony at Deakin University’s Geelong Waterfront campus on Wednesday 13 February.
What is the clinical significance of diabetes distress among adolescents with type 1 diabetes?
An ACBRD publication, from the Diabetes MILES Youth – Australia study, shows that HbA1c is more strongly related to diabetes distress than depressive symptoms