Gabriela Vazquez-Benitez

Reducing diabetes distress and improving self-management with mindfulness.

Social Work in Health Care January 2018 Robin R Whitebird, Mary Jo Kreitzer, Gabriela Vazquez-Benitez et al.

Stress associated with diabetes makes managing diabetes harder. We investigated whether mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) could reduce diabetes distress and improve management. We recruited 38 participants to complete an MBSR program. Surveys and lab values were completed at baseline and post-intervention. Participants showed significant improvement in diabetes-related distress (Cohen's...