Diabetic Medicine special issue highlights the work of the PSAD in understanding the psychosocial experience of living with diabetes
Category: Quality of life
Introducing the PAID-11, a brief measure of diabetes distress
In this paper, an 11-item Problem Areas in Diabetes scale (PAID) scale for adults with type 1 diabetes is proposed from the UK DAFNE dataset
Assessing the impact of diabetes on quality of life
Using data from the MILES-2 study, we have validated the DAWN Impact of Diabetes Profile
How does diabetes affect daily life, and what are the unmet needs of people with diabetes?
Research from the US aims to better understand the impact of diabetes upon day-to-day functioning and the barriers to diabetes management.
By Hannah Chatwin
‘Learning to shape life’ following diagnosis of diabetes
Research from Germany suggests people with newly diagnosed diabetes develop different strategies for managing their condition, and that diabetes self-management education programs need to account for such differences.
What are the common barriers to managing type 1 diabetes for youth and their families – and how do they affect quality of life?
A US study examines the link between self-management barriers and diabetes-specific quality of life in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes and their parents.
Prof Speight speaks about mental health at Parliament House, Canberra
The National Diabetes Policy Forum discussed implementation of the Australian National Diabetes Strategy: how are we doing and how do we know?