IMPE Abstracts

The medical world has been undertreating youth onset type 2 diabetes for decades. With the number of youths affected by this devastating disease increasing worldwide there is no room in modern medicine for clinical inertia. Intensified therapy to treat-to-target rather than treat-to-failure is best practice. Clinicians caring for youth affected by type 2 diabetes need to be prepared to muster the courage and ask for early access to off-label medications....

Introduction: Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is increasing among adolescents and is associated with suboptimal mental health. Diabetes-specific distress (DD) is common in adolescents with Type 1 diabetes but there is limited data in adolescents with T2D. Additionally, data in relation to how clinicians can better support the emotional wellbeing and engage adolescents with T2D is limited to Indigenous adolescents.Aims: To evaluate...