43-OR: Beliefs about Medicines, Self-Efficacy, and Health Care Coverage Predict Glycemic Control in Young Adults with Youth-Onset Type 2 Diabetes—The TODAY2 iCount Study

• Published in: Diabetes (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 72; no. Supplement_1
• Main Authors: TRIEF, PAULA M., USCHNER, DIANE, ANDERSON, BARBARA, WEN, HUI, BULGER, JANE D., WEINSTOCK, RUTH S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 20.06.2023
• ISSN: 0012-1797
• DOI: 10.2337/db23-43-OR

Background: Little is known about psychosocial factors that predict glycemic control (A1c) in young adults with youth-onset type 2 diabetes. Aim: To identify psychosocial predictors of A1c in the Treatment Options for type 2 Diabetes in Adolescents and Youth (TODAY2) cohort. Design: Longitudinal, measured at T1 (baseline) and T2 (1 year later). Logistic and linear regressions, adjusted for covariates (including T1 A1c), identified T1 predictors of A1c at T2. Participants: N= 348 participants in TODAY2. Mean age=26.0 years, 65.8% female, 37.6% non-Hispanic Black, 36.5% Hispanic, 20.4% non-Hispanic white, mean A1c=9.4%. Measures: Reliable, valid measures of beliefs about medicines, depressive and anxiety symptoms, diabetes distress, diabetes self-efficacy, diabetes attitudes, self-management support and material need insecurities. A1c was examined categorically (high vs. low: high ≥8%) and continuously (percent). Key Results: The high A1c group had more belief in the necessity of (p=0.023), but concerns about (p=0.029), medicines, higher diabetes distress (p<0.001), and lower diabetes self-efficacy (p=0.017). In adjusted analyses, every 5-point higher score measuring beliefs that medicines are overused predicted 3.6 times higher odds of high A1c at T2 (p=0.010). Every 5-point higher self-efficacy score predicted 16.7% lower odds of high A1c at T2 (p=0.033). Surprisingly, those who lacked healthcare coverage were less likely to have high A1c at T2 vs. those with coverage (p=0.10). Every 5-point higher medicines are overused score predicted 48.5% higher % A1c at T2 (p=0.017). No other psychosocial measures predicted A1c. Conclusions: High A1c is common in young adults with youth-onset type 2 diabetes and is predicted over time by beliefs about medicines, diabetes self-efficacy and healthcare coverage status. We must address these factors to help this vulnerable group establish optimal glycemic control. Disclosure P.M.Trief: None. D.Uschner: None. B.Anderson: None. H.Wen: None. J.D.Bulger: None. R.S.Weinstock: Consultant; Jaeb Center for Health Research, Other Relationship; Wolters Kluwer Health, Research Support; Insulet Corporation, Medtronic, Eli Lilly and Company, Novo Nordisk, Boehringer Ingelheim Inc., Hemsley Charitable Trust, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc., Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. Funding National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R01DK110456)