| Title: |
Higher Social Media Use Associated with Higher Hemoglobin A1C and Greater Diabetes Distress in Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes |
| Authors: |
Maxwell, Tara K.; Branka, Lillian; Adam, Atif; Weitzman, Elissa R.; Laffel, Lori M. |
| Contributors: |
Thomas J. Beatson Foundation; Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases |
| Source: |
Diabetes Technology and Obesity Medicine ; volume 2 ; ISSN 2998-6702 2998-6702 |
| Publisher Information: |
SAGE Publications |
| Publication Year: |
2026 |
| Description: |
Objective: Young adults (YA) with type 1 diabetes struggle with glycemic control and diabetes distress. As social media (SM) is highly used by YA, we explored how YA with diabetes use SM, identifying associations with demographics and diabetes measures. Research Design and Methods: We developed and emailed a survey to YA seen in clinic, aged 18–25 years with diabetes ≥1 year, querying SM, demographic, and diabetes characteristics, as well as diabetes distress (Problem Areas in Diabetes [PAID]). We divided the sample into lower ( |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| DOI: |
10.1177/29986702251407578 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.1177/29986702251407578; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/29986702251407578; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/29986702251407578 |
| Rights: |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ; https://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.6CE085B1 |
| Database: |
BASE |