Stress and Diabetes: A Review of the Links
- Cathy Lloyd, PhD,
- Julie Smith, BSc, RGN, MSc and
- Katie Weinger, EdD, RN
- Address correspondence and requests for reprints to Dr. C.E. Lloyd, Faculty of Health & Social Care, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, U.K.
Abstract
Evidence suggests that stressful experiences might affect diabetes, in terms of both its onset and its exacerbation. In this article, the authors review some of this evidence and consider ways in which stress might affect diabetes, both through physiological mechanisms and via behavior. They also discuss the implications of this for clinical practice and care.
Footnotes
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Cathy Lloyd, PhD, is a senior lecturer in Health & Social Care at the Open University in Milton Keynes, U.K. Julie Smith, BSc, RGN, is an academic program leader in evidence-based clinical practice at the Homerton School of Health Studies at Peterborough District Hospital in Peterborough, U.K. and Katie Weinger, EdD, RN, is an investigator at the Joslin Diabetes Center and an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Mass.
- American Diabetes Association
