(F11) Beyond the Numbers: Psychology Support for Data-Driven Distress & Perfectionism in Glucose Monitoring

Near-constant, easy access to diabetes data has intensified data-driven management approaches, while creating potential for increased psychological burden. This presentation explores the bidirectional relationship between mood and diabetes, emphasizing how emotional health and glycemic outcomes continuously influence one another. Participants will examine benefits and unintended consequences of data-focused care, including diabetes distress, perfectionism, and “hyperglancemia.” This session will highlight how excessive data focus can undermine patient confidence and wellbeing. Through patient perspectives and research evidence, the presentation identifies signs of data-driven distress and introduces psychology-informed frameworks. Practical, patient-centered interventions and communication strategies are presented to help clinicians reframe diabetes data, reduce distress, and support sustainable, patient-centered self-management.