25 years of psychosocial research has improved understanding and treatments, but how can we put the evidence into practice?
Category: Type 1 diabetes
A new questionnaire examines satisfaction with glucose monitoring experience
ACBRD develops and validates the novel “Glucose Monitoring Experiences Questionnaire (GME-Q)”, for use among adults with type 1 diabetes.
By Dr Elizabeth Holmes-Truscott
The thoughts associated with awareness of hypoglycaemia and recurrent severe hypoglycaemia
Researchers from King’s College London have explored the role of beliefs about low and high glucose levels in ~2000 adults with type 1 diabetes
“Is insulin delivery method associated with diabetes distress among people with type 1 diabetes?”
Research from the US suggests no difference in diabetes-related distress among adults with type 1 diabetes with a free choice of insulin pumps versus multiple daily insulin injections.
Ensuring that people affected by diabetes are at the centre of their care: Highlights from the #19ADC
It’s back to business as usual this week in the ACBRD office. However, we have taken time to reflect on last week’s Australasian Diabetes Congress (ADC: 21-23 Aug, Sydney). It was fantastic to hear so many of our esteemed colleagues, peers and friends share their inspiring research, work and lived experiences
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
What does self-compassion have to do with diabetes?
Our latest findings from Diabetes MILES-2, published in Mindfulness, shows self-compassion is associated with a range of important diabetes outcomes
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
The ACBRD celebrates the graduation of Dr Emanuala Araia
We congratulate Dr Emanuala Araia, who was awarded her Doctorate in Health Psychology at a graduation ceremony at Deakin University’s Geelong Waterfront campus on Tuesday 18 June
Want to know what fish have to do with HbA1c, or how to make a difference in 5 minutes? Remember, #DiabetesPsychologyMatters
Highlights from #ADA2019: 79th Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association