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ArticleJournal of pediatric psychology2024

Diabetes distress in urban Black youth with type 1 diabetes and their caregivers: associations with glycemic control, depression, and health behaviors.

Meredyth Evans, Deborah A Ellis, Anthony T Vesco, Marissa A Feldman, Jill Weissberg-Benchell, April Idalski Carcone, Jennifer Miller, Claudia Boucher-Berry, Colleen Buggs-Saxton, Bernard Degnan and 2 more

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Article in Journal of pediatric psychology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. THR1VE!: Randomized controlled trial to reduce diabetes distress in adolescents with type 1 diabetes.Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors.

Meredyth EvansPritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States.
Deborah A EllisSchool of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4879-6971
Anthony T VescoPritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States.
Marissa A FeldmanDivision of Psychology, Johns Hopkins, All Children's Hospital, St Petersburg, FL, United States.
Jill Weissberg-BenchellPritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States.
April Idalski CarconeSchool of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States.
Jennifer MillerPritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States.
Claudia Boucher-BerryDivision of Pediatric Endocrinology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States.
Colleen Buggs-SaxtonSchool of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States.
Bernard DegnanPediatric Endocrinology, Ascension St John Children's Hospital, Detroit, MI, United States.
Bassem DekelbabPediatric Endocrinology, Beaumont Health Care, Royal Oak, MI, United States.
Tina DrossosDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States.

Funding

Regional Pilot And Feasibility Study Grants ProgramP30DK020572 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI DAVID P OLSON · 2013 to 2026
$24.3M
Research Design, Data, and Analytics CoreP30DK092949 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI MILDA Renne SAUNDERS · 2011 to 2026
$10.0M
Effects of COVID-19 Related Stressors on an Effectiveness Trial of an E-Health Intervention: Administrative SupplementR01DK110075 · NIDDK · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI ELLIS, DEBORAH A. · 2017 to 2022
$3.4M
National Institutes of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Disease R01DK110075-01A1NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK020572NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK092949NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK110075
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesAdolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and their caregivers endorse high diabetes distress (DD). Limited studies have documented the impact of DD on Black youth. The aims of the present study were to (1) describe DD among a sample of Black adolescents with T1D and their caregivers, (2) compare their DD levels with published normative samples, and (3) determine how DD relates to glycemic outcomes, diabetes self-management, parental monitoring of diabetes, and youth depressive symptoms.

methodsBaseline data from a multicenter clinical trial were used. Participants (N = 155) were recruited from 7 Midwestern pediatric diabetes clinics. Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) and measures of DD, parental monitoring of diabetes care, youth depression and diabetes management behaviors were obtained. The sample was split into (1) adolescents (ages 13-14; N = 95) and (2) preadolescents (ages 10-12; N = 60). Analyses utilized Cohen's d effect sizes, Pearson correlations, t-tests, and multiple regression.

resultsDD levels in youth and caregivers were high, with 45%-58% exceeding either clinical cutoff scores or validation study sample means. Higher DD in youth and caregivers was associated with higher HbA1c, lower diabetes self-management, and elevated depressive symptoms, but not with parental monitoring of diabetes management.

conclusionsScreening for DD in Black youth with T1D and caregivers is recommended, as are culturally informed interventions that can reduce distress levels and lead to improved health outcomes. More research is needed on how systemic inequities contribute to higher DD in Black youth and the strategies/policy changes needed to reduce these inequities.

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Black or African AmericanCaregiversDepressionDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1Glycemic ControlHealth BehaviorAdolescentChildFemaleGlycated HemoglobinHumansMalePsychological DistressSelf-ManagementStress, PsychologicalUrban PopulationGlycated Hemoglobindiabetesfunctioninghealth behaviorhealth disparities and inequitiespsychosocial

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PMID38216126
PMCPMC12104506

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