Diabetes research information articles and reviews

Research Articles by the BDI Staff

As part of our research and clinical efforts, we are frequent contributors to scientific and lay publications focusing on psychosocial aspects of diabetes.
Below is a representative list of our most important articles:
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What Are the Quality of Life-Related Benefits and Losses Associated with
Real-Time Continuous Glucose Monitoring?

Authors: William H. Polonsky, PhD and Danielle Hessler, PhD
Citation: Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, Volume 15, Number 4, 2013.

Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose in Noninsulin-Using Type 2 Diabetic Patients

Point – "It’s time to face the evidence"
    – Authors: Malanda, Bot, Nijpels (176-178)
Counterpoint – "Right answer, but wrong question: self-monitoring of blood glucose can be clinically valuable for noninsulin users"
    – Authors: Polonsky, Fisher (179-182)

The Subjective Experience of CGM-RT Use: Comparing Current Users with
Ex-Users

Authors: Hessler D, Polonsky, WH, Bowman F, Price D (2012)
Citation: Diabetes 61 (Supplement 1), A215.

Impact of Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) Use on Quality of Life (QOL): A Survey of Current Users

Authors: Polonsky WH, Hessler D, Bowman F, Price D (2012)
Citation: Diabetes 61 (Supplement 1), A221.

Assessing Emotional Distress in Parents of Teens with Diabetes: The Parent Diabetes Distress Scale

Authors: Hessler D, Fisher L, Polonsky WH, Johnson N (2012)
Citation: Diabetes 61 (Supplement 1), A203.

Structured SMBG Promotes Positive Changes in Self-Management Attitudes in Non-insulin Treated T2DM: STeP Study Results

Authors: Fisher L, Polonsky WH, Parkin CG, Jelsovsky Z, Wagner RS
Citation: Poster presented at 71st ADA Scientific Sessions (2011).

Assessing Patient Beliefs about Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose: Development of a New Self-Report Scale

Authors: Polonsky WH, Fisher L, Parkin CG, Jelsovsky Z, Wagner RS
Citation: Poster presented at ADA 71st Scientific Sessions (2011).

Depression in Diabetes: Have We Been Missing Something Important?

Authors: Jeffrey Gonzales, PH.D; Lawrence Fisher, PH.D;
William Polonsky PH.D, CDE
Citation: Diabetes Care, Vol. 34, No. 1 (January. 2011).

BDI's Study Suggests that Doctor's Actions at Type 2 Diagnosis Have Long Term Emotional and Behavioral Impact

Authors: Polonsky, WH
Citation: The Diabetes Educator, Vol. 36, No. 5 (Sept.-Oct. 2010).

Psychological insulin resistance: The patient perspective.

Authors: Polonsky, WH
Citation: The Diabetes Educator, Vol. 33 (Supplement 7), 241S-244S (2007).

The tipping point: Overcoming barriers.

Authors: Hass L, Polonsky WH
Citation: The Diabetes Educator, 33 (Supplement 7), 248S-250S (2007).

Use of exenatide in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Authors: Hood R, Valentine V, Mac S, Polonsky WH
Citation: Diabetes Spectrum, 19, 181-186 (2006).

Cardiovascular event prevention in the person with type 2 diabetes: Case examples for identifying and treating multiple risks.

Authors: Balasubramanyam A, Hinnen D, Polonsky WH.
Citation: The Diabetes Educator, 32 (Supplement 5), 163S-173S (2006).

Psychological Insulin Resistance in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Authors: William H. Polonsky, Lawrence Fisher, Susan Guzman, Leonel Villa-Caballero, Steven V. Edelman
Citation: Diabetes Care 28: 2543-2545 (2005).

A community-based program to encourage patients' attention to their own diabetes care: Pilot development and evaluation.

Authors: Polonsky WH, Zee J, Ah Yee M, Crosson MA, Jackson.
Citation: The Diabetes Educator, 31, 691- 699 (2005).

Assessing psychosocial distress in diabetes: Development of the Diabetes Distress Scale.

Authors: Polonsky WH, Fisher L, Earles J, Dudl RJ, Lees J, Mullan J, Jackson RA.
Citation: Diabetes Care, 28, 626-631 (2005).

What's So Tough About Taking Insulin? Addressing the Problem of Psychological Insulin Resistance in Type 2 Diabetes

Authors: William H. Polonsky, Richard A. Jackson
Citation: Clinical Diabetes 22: 147-150 (2004)

Predictors of diabetes-specific knowledge and treatment satisfaction among Costa Ricans.

Authors: Firestone DN, Jimenez-Briceno L, Reimann JO, Talavera GA, Polonsky WH, Edelman SV.
Citation: The Diabetes Educator, 30, 281-292 (2004).

Integrating medical management with diabetes self-management training: A randomized control trial of the Diabetes Outpatient Intensive Treatment (DOIT) program.

Authors: Polonsky WH, Earles J, Smith S, Pease DJ, Macmillan M, Christensen R, Taylor T, Jackson RA.
Citation: Diabetes Care, 26, 3048-3053 (2003).

Emotional and quality of life aspects of diabetes management.

Authors: Polonsky WH.
Citation: Current Diabetes Reports, 2, 153-159 (2002).

Blood glucose awareness training (BGAT-2): Long-term benefits.

Authors: Cox D, Gonder-Frederick L, Polonsky W, Schlundt D, Kovatchev B, Clarke, W.
Citation: Diabetes Care, 24, 637-642 (2001).

Diabetes-related emotional distress in Dutch and U.S. diabetic patients: Cross-cultural validity of the Problem Areas in Diabetes Scale.

Authors: Snoek FJ, Pouwer F, Welch G, Polonsky WH.
Citation: Diabetes Care, 23, 1305-1309 (2000).

The relationship between non-routine use of insulin, food and exercise and the occurrence of hypoglycemia in adults with IDDM and varying degrees of hypoglycemic awareness and metabolic control.

Authors: Clarke W, Cox D, Gonder-Frederick L, Julian D, Schlundt D, Polonsky W.
Citation: The Diabetes Educator, 23, 55-58 (1997).

The Problem Areas in Diabetes Scale: An evaluation of its clinical utility.

Authors: Welch G, Jacobson AM, Polonsky WH.
Citation: Diabetes Care, 20, 760-766 (1997).

Assessment of diabetes-specific distress.

Authors: Polonsky WH, Anderson BJ, Lohrer PA, Welch G, Jacobson AM, Schwartz C.
Citation: Diabetes Care, 18, 754-760 (1995).

Frequency of severe hypoglycemia in IDDM can be predicted from self-monitoring blood glucose data.

Authors: Cox D, Kovatchev B, Julian D, Gonder-Frederick L, Polonsky W, Schlundt D, Clarke W.
Citation: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 79, 1659-1662 (1994).

Insulin omission in women with IDDM.

Authors: Polonsky WH, Anderson BJ, Lohrer PA, Aponte JE, Jacobson AM,
Cole CF.
Citation: Diabetes Care, 17, 1178-1185 (1994).