Associations of Coping Strategies With Glycemic and Psychosocial Outcomes Among Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes Experiencing Diabetes Distress.

Background: Many adolescents with type 1 diabetes experience diabetes distress which is associated with suboptimal glycemic and psychosocial outcomes. The ways in which adolescents respond to diabetes distress may serve as a risk or protective factor for these outcomes, but few studies have examined the coping strategies adolescents use to manage diabetes distress.

Purpose: To examine the association of coping strategies with glycemic and psychosocial outcomes among adolescents experiencing diabetes distress.

Quality of Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Exploration of Bereaved Caregivers' Experiences at a Hospice Residence.

An essential component of residential hospice care is the provision of high quality palliative care. The perspectives of quality of care from palliative care patients and bereaved caregivers have increasingly been studied to guide quality improvements. The study aimed to explore the experiences and perceptions of bereaved caregivers of patients who died in residential hospice during the coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic to determine perceptions of quality of care, caregiver grief and bereavement, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Promoting surgical smoke management in a pediatric operating room: a best practice implementation project.

Introduction: The routine use of heat-producing tools in the perioperative setting generates surgical smoke. Surgical smoke poses a known health hazard for perioperative staff working in the operating room.

Objective: The objective of this best practice project was to promote evidence-based practices regarding surgical plume management in a pediatric operating room.

Mothers' Experiences During the 2022 Infant Formula Shortage in Washington D.C.

Introduction: An unprecedented shortage of infant formula occurred in the United States (U.S.) in 2022 and posed widespread challenges to infant feeding nationwide.

Glycemic and Psychosocial Correlates of Continuous Glucose Monitor Use Among Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes.

Background: Continuous glucose monitor (CGM) use has been linked with better glycemic outcomes (HbA1c), yet many adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1D) struggle to maintain optimal CGM use.

Methods: This study examined CGM use and its association with HbA1c and psychosocial factors among adolescents with T1D experiencing at least moderate diabetes distress (N = 198). We examined mean differences in HbA1c, diabetes distress, diabetes-related family conflict, and quality of life among CGM user groups (, and ).

Effects of Low-Calorie Sweetener Restriction on Glycemic Variability and Cardiometabolic Health in Children with Type 1 Diabetes: Findings of a Pilot and Feasibility Study.

Low-calorie sweeteners (LCS) are commonly consumed by children with type 1 diabetes (T1D), yet their role in cardiometabolic health is unclear. This study examined the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of 12 weeks of LCS restriction among children with T1D. Children ( = 31) with T1D completed a two-week run-in ( = 28) and were randomly assigned to avoid LCS (LCS restriction, = 15) or continue their usual LCS intake ( = 13).

Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes Management: A Qualitative Study.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to understand impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on pediatric type 1 diabetes management.

Methods: In-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with 15 parents of children (age 6-12 years) with type 1 diabetes. Parents responded to 8 open-ended questions about their experiences managing their children's type 1 diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mindfulness-Based Interventions: Focus on Pediatric Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes.

Purpose Of Review: Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) focus on promoting nonjudgmental, purposeful awareness of the present experience, and they include specific components such as body scan, meditation, and breathing techniques for healthier coping with stress and reduced negative affect. In adult populations with chronic illness (e.g.

Clinically elevated parent depressive symptoms and stress at child type 1 diabetes diagnosis: Associations with parent diabetes self-efficacy at 18-months post-diagnosis.

Objective: Eighteen percent of new diagnoses of type 1 diabetes (T1D) occur in children ages 9 and younger, and the burden of diabetes management in young children predominantly falls on parents. Despite the significant amount of information parents must learn and implement quickly after diagnosis, little research has examined diabetes self-efficacy in parents of young children soon after diagnosis in a longitudinal manner. The current study examined changes in parent diabetes self-efficacy over time, and parent depressive symptoms and stress soon after child T1D diagnosis as predictors of parent diabetes self-efficacy at 12- and 18-months post-diagnosis.

A Pandemic Perspective: Analyzing the Impact of COVID-19 on Diabetes Management and Mood Through the Lens of Location and Family Conflict.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of COVID-19 on teens' diabetes management and mood and their association with family conflict.

Methods: One hundred and nineteen teens ages 13 to 17 (M = 15.5 ± 1.

Young Children with Type 1 Diabetes: Recent Advances in Behavioral Research.

Purpose Of Review: This review provides a recent update of behavioral research pertinent to young children with T1D and addresses current priorities and future directions.

Recent Findings: Rates of type 1 diabetes (T1D) in young children (ages 1-7) are continuing to rise. Since 2014, changes to diabetes care and management have impacted young children and reinforced the need for increased attention and interventions to support diabetes management, especially in caregivers who are primarily responsible for their young child's diabetes management.

Rationale and design of DRINK-T1D: A randomized clinical trial of effects of low-calorie sweetener restriction in children with type 1 diabetes.

Background: Low-calorie sweeteners (LCSs) provide sweetness without sugar or calories and are used to replace added sugars by many children with type 1 diabetes (T1D). However, the role of LCSs in diabetes management and cardiometabolic health is unclear.

Objective: The Diabetes Research in Kids Study (DRINK-T1D) aims to investigate effects of LCS restriction on glycemic variability, visceral adiposity, lipid profiles, and systemic inflammation among children 6-12 years old with T1D.