Approaches to Psychosocial Care Within Tertiary Diabetes Care Centres in Canada: An Environmental Scan.

Background: Patients with diabetes facing psychosocial challenges often struggle with diabetes self-management, and thereby are at risk of complications arising from hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia. Despite the Diabetes Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines' recommendations for diabetes centres to offer psychosocial services for the screening and support of patients with psychosocial barriers, the extent to which these recommendations have been implemented in centres across Canada is unknown.

Methods: Tertiary adult diabetes centres affiliated with academic institutions were invited to participate in our quantitative survey (n=40).