SynthesisBMC psychology2023
The relationship between stigma and psychological distress among people with diabetes: a meta-analysis.
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- Type 1 diabetes stigma: A UK survey of adults living with type 1 diabetes.Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association · 2026Observational
- Diabetes-Related Stigma and Interpersonal Distress Among Adults with Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study of Family, Workplace, and Healthcare Settings.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The psychological burden of diabetes: common mental health disorders, their impact on disease outcomes and strategies for intervention.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2026Review
- Experienced stigma in Japanese outpatients with diabetes: Age and polypharmacy matter.Medicine · 2026Article
- Relationship between patient activation, experienced stigma, and internalised weight stigma in people with type 2 diabetes.Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association · 2026Observational
- 'They use the little information they have to pass judgement': A framework analysis of type 1 diabetes stigma experienced by UK adults living with type 1 diabetes.Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association · 2026Article
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- Stigmatising language and its association with psychological outcomes among people living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes.Journal of health psychology · 2026Article
- 5. Facilitating Positive Health Behaviors and Well-being to Improve Health Outcomes: Standards of Care in Diabetes-2026.Diabetes care · 2026Review
- Conundrum and chances of diabetes management in the Western Pacific Region: A narrative review.Journal of diabetes investigation · 2025Review
- The relationship between perceived stigma and health-promoting self-care in adult patients with type 2 diabetes.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2025Article
- Combined symptoms of diabetes distress, depression, and anxiety and their association with glycemic control in primary care patients with type 2 diabetes in Egypt.Diabetology international · 2025Article
- The relationship between empowerment and stigma among the Chinese people with diabetes: the mediating role of self-management and the moderating role of psychological resilience.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Psychological distress and its impact on glycemic control in patients with diabetes, Northwest Ethiopia.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- 5. Facilitating Positive Health Behaviors and Well-being to Improve Health Outcomes: Standards of Care in Diabetes-2025.Diabetes care · 2025Review
- Understanding the struggle: Unique challenges of adherence in male diabetic patients in Tshwane.South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care · 2024Article
- Eight-year nationwide study of the bidirectional association between type 2 diabetes and depression in nearly 8 million German outpatients.BMJ open diabetes research & care · 2024Article
- Impact of Living with Stigma in Persons with Type 1 Diabetes: A Patient-Physician Perspective.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2024Article
- Factors associated with stigma in patients undergoing hemodialysis: a meta-analysis and systematic review.American journal of translational research · 2024Review
- Living with and managing type 1 diabetes in humanitarian settings: A qualitative synthesis of lived experience and stakeholder tacit knowledge.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
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aimsDiabetes may perceive or experience varying degrees of stigma and psychological distress. The association between diabetes-related stigma and psychological distress has been examined in many studies, but no research has used a quantitative synthesis method to investigate the severity of this association and the moderators of the relationship. Thus, we conducted a meta-analysis to quantitatively integrate previous findings to identify the magnitude of the association between stigma and psychological distress among people with diabetes. REVIEW
methodsFollowing the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) 2020 guidelines, we systematically searched four English academic databases (PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and PsycINFO) and three Chinese databases (China National Knowledge Infrastructure [CNKI], WANFANG Data, China Science and Technology Journal Database [VIP]). The databases were searched from the inception of each database to the end of March 2023. The pooled correlation coefficient of the association between stigma and psychological distress among people with diabetes was calculated by a random effects model using Stata software (version 17.0), and several moderators that impacted this relationship were identified.
resultsEligible studies (N = 19) with a total of 12,777 participants were analysed. The pooled correlation was high between diabetes-related stigma and psychological distress (r = 0.50, 95% CI: [0.43-0.57]). Moreover, the association was moderated by the diabetes stigma measurement tools and diabetes distress measurement tools used. However, the relationship was not moderated by type of diabetes, age, gender, geographical location, or type of stigma.
conclusionsThe results of the meta-analysis showed that stigma is strongly related to psychological distress among people with diabetes. Longitudinal or experimental research should be expanded in the future to further identify the causal pathways in the relationship between diabetes stigma and diabetes distress.
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