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Managing diabetes distress: communication, psychosocial strategies, and clinical outcomes

Managing diabetes distress: communication, psychosocial strategies, and clinical outcomes

Addressing diabetes distress through patient-centered, health literacy–sensitive communication, shared decision-making, and scalable psychosocial interventions can improve both psychosocial well-being and clinical outcomes.

The presentation takes as its starting point the finding that diabetes distress, which is distinct from depressive symptoms and describes the emotional burden of living with diabetes, is consistently associated with poorer self-care, reduced treatment engagement, and suboptimal clinical outcomes, yet remains underrecognized in routine care and can be exacerbated by communication barriers, stigma, and unmet psychosocial needs. The symposium brings together emerging evidence on how clinicians can identify, assess, and respond to diabetes distress through patient-centered, health literacy–sensitive communication and shared decision-making. Strategies for navigating challenging conversations about treatment adherence, treatment intensification, and concerns about complications are explored. Psychosocial determinants are addressed through scalable and culturally sensitive interventions, such as skills-based coping and problem-solving support, motivational and behavioral approaches, and integrated behavioral health referral pathways. Speakers will also discuss methods for translating reductions in distress into measurable clinical endpoints, outcome measurement considerations (validated distress instruments, treatment adherence and self-management indicators, HbA1c, and patient-reported outcomes), and implementation challenges and sustainability in real-world diabetes care. The session will conclude with a moderated synthesis of communication-focused and psychosocial interventions that improve both psychosocial well-being and clinical outcomes.

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