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impe0096fc11.1 | Diabetes and Insulin 1 | IMPE2023

Adolescents with type 2 diabetes experience significant diabetes-specific distress, poor emotional wellbeing and have unmet needs hindering optimal diabetes care

Spajic Dana , Subramani Gitanjali , Curran Jacqueline , Speight Jane , Shah Mark , James Radhika , Thus Maree , Pena Alexia

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...

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Adolescents with type 2 diabetes experience significant diabetes-specific distress, poor emotional wellbeing and have unmet needs hindering optimal diabetes care

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