(P502) Assessing Diabetes Distress to Assist with Diabetes Care in a Veteran Population

Diabetes Distress (DD) should be evaluated yearly, but is not always integrated into patient care. Pharmacists are well placed to assist with assessing DD within ambulatory care clinics. Identifying and providing resources to address DD may result in improved glycemic control and lower DD. This poster reviews a study is looking at change in glycemic control between two Patient-Aligned Care Team (PACT) pharmacist clinics at the Kansas City Veteran Affairs Medical Center that utilized the Diabetes Distress Scale (DDS) in addition to standard of care (prospective data collection), compared to two other pharmacist run clinics that did not utilize the DDS (retrospective data collection of matching controls). The primary outcome was change in A1c from baseline to 3 and 6 months between the intervention and control groups to understand if completing the DDS in addition to standard of care resulted in improved glycemic control versus standard of care alone. Authors: Amanda Stahnke, PharmD, BCACP, FADCES, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Pharmacy, Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center Honor Annex; Sarah Shouse, PhD, Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center Honor Annex; Paige Zicarelli, PharmD, Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center Honor Annex; Carli Luebbert, PharmD, Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center Honor Annex. Funding Source: None.