Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes

Priyanka Mathias; Sarah D Corathers; Samantha A Carreon; Marisa E Hilliard; Jaclyn L Papadakis; Jill Weissberg-Benchell; Jennifer K Raymond; Elizabeth A Pyatak; Shivani Agarwal

doi:10.1016/j.ecl.2023.09.001

Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes

Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 2024 Mar;53(1):39-52. doi: 10.1016/j.ecl.2023.09.001. Epub 2023 Oct 21.

Authors

Priyanka Mathias¹, Sarah D Corathers², Samantha A Carreon³, Marisa E Hilliard³, Jaclyn L Papadakis⁴, Jill Weissberg-Benchell⁴, Jennifer K Raymond⁵, Elizabeth A Pyatak⁶, Shivani Agarwal⁷

Affiliations

¹ Fleischer Institute for Diabetes and Metabolism, Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center, 1180 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10467, USA.
² Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA.
³ Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, 1102 Bates Avenue, Suite 940, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
⁴ Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, 225 East Chicago Avenue, Box 10, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
⁵ Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, 4650 Sunset Boulevard. MS 61, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁶ Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, 1540 Alcazar Street, CHP-133, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9003, USA.
⁷ Fleischer Institute for Diabetes and Metabolism, Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center, 1180 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10467, USA; NY Regional Center for Diabetes Translation Research, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1180 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10467, USA. Electronic address: pmathias@montefiore.org.

PMID: 38272597
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecl.2023.09.001

Abstract

Young adults experience multiple developmental transitions across social, educational, vocational, residential, and financial life domains. These transitions are potential competing priorities to managing a chronic condition such as type 1 diabetes and can contribute to poor psychosocial and medical outcomes. In this narrative review, we describe population outcomes of young adult populations and the unique considerations associated with managing type 1 diabetes in young adulthood. We provide an overview of the current evidence-based strategies to improve care for young adults with type 1 diabetes and recommendations for future directions in the field.

Keywords: Developmental challenges; Health-care transition; Marginalized youth; Targeted interventions; Type 1 diabetes; Young adults.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1* / psychology
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1* / therapy
Humans
Young Adult