Healio (4/26, Monostra) reports, “Adults with severe mental illness and diabetes need more intensive interventions and greater support to overcome barriers to diabetes self-management,” investigators concluded in a 78-participant study that included “39 were people with severe mental illness and diabetes, nine…family members” and “30…health care staff members.” According to the study, “some feelings, such as low mood, depression, stress or anxiety, were linked to concerns about diabetes and derailed attempts at diabetes self-management,” and almost “all participants with severe mental illness and diabetes were also challenged by the burden of managing other health problems other than their mental illness and diabetes.” The findings were published online March 26 in Diabetic Medicine.
Related Links:
— “Greater support, interventions key to diabetes care for adults with severe mental illness “Michael Monostra, Healio, April 26, 2021