The psychological and emotional impact of living with diabetes is greatly underreported in clinical diabetes care, and diabetes distress is found to be associated with decreased glycemic control. Therefore, regular assessment of diabetes distress is recommended. The integration of assessments with Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in clinical practice has the potential to enhance care for people with diabetes by identifying problems and improving patient-clinician communication. The overall aim of the DiaPROM trial is to develop, test and evaluate the effectiveness of a structured empowerment-based intervention with the use of a PROM regarding diabetes distress as a tool for needs assessment and dialogue support in clinical diabetes consultations among adults with Type 1 Diabetes. The investigator's hypothesis is that the intervention primarily will reduce diabetes distress and secondarily improve overall well-being, improve the perceived competence for diabetes management, improve glycemic control, and improve satisfaction with the diabetes follow-up.
The study aim to evaluate the use of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in clinical diabetes consultations.