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TECC-T1D3: Technology-enabled Comprehensive Care for young adults with Type 1 Diabetes and Diabetes Distress

Project Overview

Dr. Selby and his team at the Center for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto are bringing experts in mental health and T1D care together with those who have lived experience of T1D to co-develop a solution for diabetes distress that is accessible and acceptable to people with T1D, their caregivers, and health care practitioners. The program is geared towards younger adults between the ages of 18 and 29, a group disproportionately vulnerable to diabetes distress. The patient voice will be central throughout the project, from developing the proposal to developing the solution.

This project adapts proven approaches to managing diabetes distress to a virtual format (using video chat, telephone calls, and text messaging) supported and directed by mental health and T1D experts, thereby capitalizing on the digital literacy of this population and increasing accessibility to treatment. Participants will be invited to participate in the program which will comprise of 8 scheduled sessions, complemented by support from a care coach and/or peers.

The evaluation of the intervention will examine both the feasibility and acceptability of the program as well as its effectiveness in reducing diabetes distress. The impact on diabetes self-care, overall blood glucose levels, and episodes of low blood glucose will also be measured.

JDRF has committed to supporting and creating a holistic framework for mental health treatment and care for all people in Canada living with T1D. Their support for this project is another step in that direction.

Principal Investigator

Peter Selby , Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Team Members

MaryAnn Maloney

Tracy McQuire, Unity Health Network

Christina Mulchandani

Linxi Mytkolli, Mental Health Commission of Canada

Bruce Perkins, Mount Sinai Health

Quynh Pham, University Health Network

Brooks Roche

Barry Simon, Sinai Health Systems

Melanie Yeung, University Health Network

Kate Farnsworth, Diabetes Action Canada

Ishan Aditya, University of Toronto

Partners and Donors

JDRF Canada

Project Ongoing

TECC-T1D3: Technology-enabled Comprehensive Care for young adults with Type 1 Diabetes and Diabetes Distress

  • Program Type

    Team grants

  • Area of research

    Mental Health

  • Disease Area

    Mental illness,  Other

  • Competition

    JDRF Canada – Brain Canada Addressing Mental Health in Type 1 Diabetes Team Grants

  • Province

    Ontario

  • Start Date

    2022

  • Total Grant Amount

    $250,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $125,000

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Suite 1600, Montreal, Quebec
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+1 (514) 989-2989 info@braincanada.ca

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