Can online and app-based interventions be used by people with diabetes to reduce diabetes distress? A protocol for a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Diabetes distress has been defined as "the negative emotional or affective experience resulting from the challenge of living with the demands of diabetes". Diabetes distress affects 20%-25% of individuals living with diabetes and can have negative effects on both diabetes regulation and quality of life. For people living with diabetes distress, innovative tools/interventions such as online or app-based interventions may potentially alleviate diabetes distress in a cost-effective way. The specific research questions of this scoping review are: (1) what are the effects of online or app-based interventions on diabetes distress for adults with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, and (2) what are the characteristics of these interventions (eg, type of intervention, duration, frequen

SUBMITTER: Andersen CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10660435 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature