Alone: How loneliness shapes health in diabetes

Alone – How Loneliness Shapes Health in Diabetes

Diabetes care is often framed by numbers—HbA1c, time in range, weight and risk scores—but behind these metrics lies a quieter and less visible influence: loneliness.

This live Journal Club explores how social disconnection may affect self-management, treatment adherence, emotional wellbeing and diabetes outcomes. We will consider why social support is an important clinical determinant and how loneliness may sometimes be hidden behind missed appointments, disengagement and perceived “non-compliance”.

Perhaps another important question is not simply, “What is the glucose?” but, “Who is walking this journey with you?”