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Adult nursing
Perceived stress can negatively affect blood glucose control and fear of hypoglycaemia in people with type 1 diabetes
  1. Ilaria Baruffaldi
  1. Paula Carr Diabetes Centre, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, Maidstone, Kent, UK
  1. Correspondence to Ilaria Baruffaldi, Paula Carr Diabetes Centre, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, Maidstone, Kent, UK; ilaria.baruffaldi{at}nhs.net

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2022-103555

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    Commentary on: Grau-Del Valle C, Marco-Expósito JF, Bosch-Sierra N, et al. Effect of perceived stress, concern about hypoglycaemia and level of knowledge of management of the disease on glycaemic control in type 1 diabetes mellitus. J Clin Nurs 2022 [Epub ahead of print: 27 Feb 2022]. doi: 10.1111/jocn.16270.

    Implications for practice and research

    • Higher levels of diabetes-related distress are associated with deterioration of haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c).

    • Development of self-care management skills is associated with improved outcomes.

    Context

    Emotional stress plays an important role in metabolic outcomes in people with type 1 diabetes. It is associated with poorer blood glucose control,1 and fear of hypoglycaemia, that has an impact on …

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    Footnotes

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.