Podcast
Taking the Distress Out of Diabetes—Mindfulness and Acceptance Therapies May Help - Frankly Speaking EP 233Guest: Susan Feeney, DNP, FNP-BC, NP-C
Music Credit: Richard Onorato
T2DM is an epidemic, and its impact on quantity of life is well documented. In most cases, treatment involves significant lifestyle changes in combination with medication. Distress about the T2DM diagnosis and necessary behavioral changes occurs in about one-third of people, and this distress is associated with poor glycemic management. Join us as we discuss a recent meta-analysis on mindfulness and learn how cognitive therapies may be effective in reducing distress and HbA1c.
Episode references and resource links:
- Ngan, H.Y., Chong, Y.Y. and Chien, W.T. (2021), Effects of mindfulness‐ and acceptance‐based interventions on diabetes distress and glycaemic level in people with type 2 diabetes: Systematic review and meta‐analysis. Diabet Med, 38: e14525.
- https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.14525
- https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.umassmed.idm.oclc.org/doi/epdf/10.1111/dme.14525
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CME/CE Information
0 Credits - Not for CME/CE Credit
Release Date: 7/19/2021
Expiration Date: 7/19/2022
Topics
Learning Objectives
- Discuss recent findings on various mindfulness strategies and see how these cognitive therapies may have a positive influence on decreasing distress and HbA1c in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)
- Describe strategies for implementing these cognitive therapies to reduce T2DM distress and HbA1c
Faculty
Frank J. Domino, MD
Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health,
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
Susan Feeney, DNP, FNP, FAANP
Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the Family Nurse Practitioner Track
UMMS GSN
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