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Psychosocial Care for People With Diabetes: A Position Statement of the American Diabetes Association

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Young-Hyman, Deborah, de Groot, Mary, Hill-Briggs, Felicia, Gonzalez, Jeffrey S., Hood, Korey, Peyrot, Mark·2016·Diabetes Care

Abstract

Complex environmental, social, behavioral, and emotional factors, known as psychosocial factors, influence living with diabetes, both type 1 and type 2, and achieving satisfactory medical outcomes and psychological well-being.Thus, individuals with diabetes and their families are challenged with complex, multifaceted issues when integrating diabetes care into daily life.To promote optimal medical outcomes and psychological well-being, patient-centered care is essential, defined as "providing care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patient preferences, needs, and values and ensuring that patient values guide all clinical decisions" (1).Practicing personalized, patient-centered psychosocial care requires that communications and interactions, problem identification, psychosocial screening, diagnostic evaluation, and intervention services take into account the context of the person with diabetes (PWD) and the values and preferences of the PWD.This article provides diabetes care providers with evidence-based guidelines for psychosocial assessment and care of PWD and their families.Recommendations are based on commonly used clinical models, expert consensus, and tested interventions, taking into account available resources, practice patterns, and practitioner burden.Consideration of life span and disease course factors (Fig. 1) is critical in the psychosocial care of PWD.This Position Statement focuses on the most common psychological factors affecting PWD, including diabetes distress and psychological comorbidities, while also considering the needs of special populations and the context of care. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS IN PSYCHOSOCIAL CARERecommendations c Psychosocial care should be integrated with collaborative, patient-centered medical care and provided to all people with diabetes, with the goals of optimizing health outcomes and health-related quality of life.A c Providers should consider an assessment of symptoms of diabetes distress, depression, anxiety, and disordered eating and of cognitive capacities using patient-appropriate standardized/validated tools at the initial visit, at periodic intervals, and when there is a change in disease, treatment, or life circumstance.Including caregivers and family members in this assessment is recommended.B c Consider monitoring patient performance of self-management behaviors as well as psychosocial factors impacting the person's self-management.E c Consider assessment of life circumstances that can affect physical and psychological health outcomes and their incorporation into intervention strategies.E c Addressing psychosocial problems upon identification is recommended.If an intervention cannot be initiated during the visit when the problem is identified, a follow-up visit or referral to a qualified behavioral health care provider may be scheduled during that visit.EPractitioners should identify behavioral/mental health providers, ideally those who are knowledgeable about diabetes treatment and the psychosocial aspects of diabetes, with whom they can form alliances and use for referrals (Table 1) in the psychosocial care of PWD.Ideally, psychosocial care providers should be embedded in diabetes care settings.

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    Psychosocial factors shape the experience of living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes and the achievement of medical and psychological outcomes.

    “Complex environmental, social, behavioral, and emotional factors, known as psychosocial factors, influence living with diabetes, both type 1 and type 2, and achieving satisfactory medical outcomes and psychological well-being.”
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    Diabetes medical management depends on patients carrying out a treatment regimen.

    “Medical management of diabetes requires patient implementation of a treatment regimen.”
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    Combining mental and physical health care can improve outcomes.

    “Integrating mental and physical health care can improve outcomes.”
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    Shared resources like electronic health records, management data, and patient-reported information help providers identify and address psychosocial issues that hinder regimen implementation and improve diabetes management and well-being.

    “Shared resources such as electronic health records, management data, and patient-reported information regarding adjustment to illness and life course issues facilitate providers’ capacity to identify and remediate psychosocial issues that impede regimen implementation and improve diabetes management and well-being.”
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    Fear of hypoglycemia may account for avoidance of glucose-lowering behaviors such as increasing insulin doses or monitoring frequency.

    “FoH may explain avoidance of behaviors associated with lowering glucose such as increasing insulin doses or frequency of monitoring.”
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    OCD symptoms may reflect generalized anxiety or may be specific to diabetes.

    “OCD symptoms can represent generalized anxiety or be diabetes specific,”
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    Behavioral health provider support may be effective when difficulties persist.

    “Support from a behavioral health provider may be effective when difficulties are persistent.”
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    Confounders in identifying disordered eating symptoms include prescribed treatment behaviors, disease-related behaviors or effects, and adverse treatment effects like excessive hunger from hypoglycemia.

    “Potential confounders to the identification of symptoms of disordered eating are behaviors that are prescribed as part of treatment (e.g., carbohydrate counting and calorie restriction), behaviors or effects that are part of the disease (e.g., loss of control over satiety regulation secondary to disease processes), and adverse effects of treatment such as excessive hunger secondary to hypoglycemia”
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    Missed insulin injections from poor self-management are significantly different from deliberate medication omission for weight loss.

    “For example, missed insulin injections as a result of suboptimal self-management differ significantly from intentional medication omission to produce weight loss.”
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    Early detection of depression, anxiety, eating problems, and learning disabilities in youth broadens and improves treatment options and may reduce negative effects on diabetes management and outcomes.

    “Given the rapid and dynamic nature of cognitive, developmental, and emotional changes in youth, early detection of depression, anxiety disorders, eating issues, and learning disabilities enhance the range and effectiveness of potential treatment options and may help to minimize adverse effects on diabetes management and disease outcomes.”
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    Youth rely on social support systems (family and providers) and will eventually need to transition to independent diabetes self-management.

    “Because youth are dependent on social support systems (family and care providers) and must eventually transition to independent diabetes self-management, their families and related social networks need to be included in psychosocial assessment and treatment (92–94).”
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    Adolescence is known for disruptions in diabetes care and communication among family, youth, and providers.

    “The adolescent years are known for disruption in diabetes care and communication between family members, youth, and providers.”
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    Normal adolescent development includes greater independence in decision making and reliance on peers for self-concept and self-worth validation.

    “Hallmarks of normal adolescence are increased independence in decision making and turning to the peer group for validation of self-concept and self-worth.”
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    Open, factual discussions about sexual health make youth more comfortable disclosing sexual function concerns later.

    “Open and factual discussions of these topics facilitate future comfort in disclosing any concerns regarding sexual function.”
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    Attendance at diabetes care visits is typically less frequent in the 18- to 30-year-old age group.

    “As less frequent attendance to diabetes care visits is typical in the 18- to 30-year-old age-group, screening regarding risk behaviors may be necessary at each visit.”
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    Living with and self-managing diabetes is expected to affect all life-course decisions for people with diabetes and their partners.

    “Living with and self-managing diabetes can be expected to impact all life-course decisions for PWD and their partners.”
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    Sexual dysfunction is often linked to depression and is commonly reported in clinical encounters.

    “Sexual dysfunction is often associated with depression and is routinely reported in clinical encounters (see depression).”
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    Some older adults with diabetes are functional and cognitively intact with significant life expectancy and may not need psychosocial care beyond that of younger adults.

    “Older adults with diabetes may be functional and cognitively intact and have significant life expectancy, and they may not require psychosocial care beyond that of younger adults.”
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    Glycemic target achievement may be affected by unique nutritional needs, physical limitations such as reduced sensation, memory loss, and low literacy and numeracy.

    “Meeting glycemic targets may be impacted by unique nutritional requirements, physical limitations (such as reduced sensation), memory loss, and low literacy and numeracy skills.”
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    The onset of diabetes complications threatens independence, self-image, and quality of life.

    “Onset of diabetes complications threatens independence, self-image, and quality of life.”
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    People with diabetes must master many complex tasks and behaviors to incorporate diabetes care into daily life.

    “PWD must master many complex tasks and behaviors to successfully incorporate diabetes care into daily life.”
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    Challenges to achieving this standard of care are considerable, including too few qualified mental health professionals familiar with diabetes and medical care models unsuited to team care.

    “Challenges to accomplishing this standard of care are considerable, including too few qualified mental health professionals who understand living with diabetes and medical care models that are not conducive to team care.”
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    The recommended psychosocial services are reimbursable for mental health providers in routine medical care under CMS.

    “The psychosocial services recommended are reimbursable for mental health providers in routine medical care under Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).”
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    New CMS reimbursement is planned for the Collaborative Care Model in routine care.

    “In addition, new CMS reimbursement is planned for the Collaborative Care Model in routine care.”
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Authors
Young-Hyman, D., de Groot, M., Hill-Briggs, F., Gonzalez, J. S., Hood, K., & Peyrot, M.
Affiliations
  • National Institutes of Health (US)
  • Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine (US)
  • Stanford University (US)
  • Loyola University Maryland (US)
Corresponding author
Young-Hyman, Deborah
Venue
Diabetes Care
Published
2016-11-10
Volume
39
Issue
12
Pages
2126-2140
ISSN
  • 0149-5992 (ISSN-L)
  • 1935-5548
OpenAlex
W2556561633
Cited by
1,072
References
130
Citations by year
2026: 94 · 2025: 108 · 2024: 106 · 2023: 100 · 2022: 135 · 2021: 157 · 2020: 132 · 2019: 96 · 2018: 74 · 2017: 59 · 2016: 9
FWCI
11.65
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Diabetes Care (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Eli Lilly and Company
  • AstraZeneca
  • GlaxoSmithKline
  • Bigfoot Biomedical
  • Dexcom
  • Novo Nordisk
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Genentech
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R18DK098742, R01DK104845, R18DK092765, P30DK020541, P30DK097512, P30DK111022)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Education
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
Keywords
psychosocial care, diabetes mellitus, type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, diabetes distress, depression, anxiety, disordered eating, psychological comorbidity, patient-centered care, psychosocial screening, self-management behavior, family caregivers, health-related quality of life, special populations, patient values and preferences

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