Psychosocial burden in type 1 diabetes: a cross-sectional network analysis in the SFDT1 study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Using network analysis, which takes a holistic approach to health systems, we aimed to identify which psychosocial burden dimensions are the most central and, thus, critical to prioritising to improve the overall health of people with type 1 diabetes (PwT1D).

Design

A cross-sectional network analysis.

Setting

We used data from participants attending 44 diabetes centres in France, who were enrolled in the SFDT1 cohort study between June 2020 and February 2024.

Participants

We included 1430 PwT1D (52% women, median age (IQR) 41 (31-52.8) years) who had completed questionnaires on diabetes burden.

Outcome measures

The items from questionnaires on diabetes distress, fear of hypoglycaemia, quality of life, treatment burden and the impact of diabete

SUBMITTER: Aguayo GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12863340 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature