September 26, 2025

Diabetes Distress Meeting Minutes, Sept 26, 2025

Annie UW Health, Alissa Roberts, Ryan Tweet, Mary Lauren Scott, Jennifer Iyengar, Tamara Hannon, Don Buckingham, Andrea Coulter, Katelyn O’Brien, Risa Wolf, Nicole Rioles, Anna Uhing, Neha Parimi

University of Alabama Mary Lauren Scott: Presentation Slides

• Screening PWD using original PAID-T survey
• Not screening people who are already surveyed for PHQ/GAD
• Screening PWD ages 12+
• Small scale: 1 provider
• Average A1c 8.5%
• 11% of PWD had high distress. Average A1c 8.3%
• 8% of PWD with moderate distress. Average A1c 9.6%
• 80% of PWD with low distress. Average A1c 8.6%.
• Assess provider barriers with a Likert scale- will share survey results when completed
• Distress scores didn’t correlate with events such as DKA or outcomes such as A1c od length of disease

Johns Hopkins, Risa Wolf: Presentation Slides

• Using a series of psychosocial screeners with behavioral health, psych, and social work in every clinic
• Two-thirds have moderate to significant distress and they are seeing positive correlation with A1c with significant outcomes differences (race, edu, income, and marital status)
• Also measuring caregiver distress
• Goal to screen 50% of patients and caregivers and provide timely interventions
• Shared fishbone and KDD
• Challenges: staffing fluctuations in SOW; team members benefit from getting reminders. Fellows are leading the screening effort with more completed in their visitis
• Future plans to deploy to all pts in clinic

Next meeting: January 2026