Managing Emotions Crucial for Type 1 Diabetes Distress, Study Suggests

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A new study led by researchers at UC San Francisco, and published in Diabetes Care, has found that the most effective way to reduce the distress that comes with having diabetes – and improve glucose control – is to focus on managing the emotional strain of living with the condition.
Diabetes distress, or DD, refers to the fears, worries and burdens associated with living with and managing diabetes, and it affects up to 75% of adults with Type 1 diabetes. It is linked with poor self-management, such as missing medication doses, elevated glucose levels, more incidents of low blood glucose (hypoglycemia) and lower quality of life. 










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