The Impact of a Community Pharmacy Diabetes Self-Management Education Program on Diabetes Distress.

Negative psychosocial implications stemming from the presence of diabetes, known as diabetes distress, place people with diabetes at twice the likelihood of having clinical depression than those who do not have the disease. While many community pharmacies have incorporated diabetes self-management education (DSME) programs into their practices, there are no known studies that evaluate the impact that this model may have on diabetes distress. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact that a community pharmacy DSME program has on diabetes distress.