In Canada, more than 9 million people have diabetes or prediabetes, with Type II Diabetes
Mellitus (T2DM) accounting for the vast majority of diabetes cases. 1 Individuals with …

Patients with chronic pain demonstrate interpretational bias to pain, and models of pain
suggest interpretational bias affects subsequent pain experience. This study developed an …

OBJECTIVE The presence of a foot ulcer increases the self-treatment burden imposed on
the individual with diabetes. Additionally, this condition increases the cognitive demands …

Although the evidence of the attentional bias of chronic pain individuals toward pain‐related
information is established in the literature, few studies examined the time course of attention …

Aims. To examine the relative contribution of glycaemic control (HbA1C) and depressive
symptoms on diabetes-related symptom burden (hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia) in …

Background Painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN) is known to negatively affect psychosocial
functioning as expressed by enhanced levels of anxiety and depression. The aim of this …

Most theories of pain emphasize cognitive factors in the development of chronicity, but they
have rarely been studied in the context of the transition from acute to chronic pain. The aim …

Background The occurrence of health anxiety (HA) in chronic pain is associated with
adverse outcomes. As such, it is important to identify constructs that might influence HA and …

Theoretical accounts of chronic pain hypothesize that attentional bias towards pain-related
information is a maintaining or exacerbating factor, fuelling further pain, disability, and …

Objective Depression and anxiety are common in diabetes and are associated with lower
diabetes self-care adherence. How this occurs is unclear. Our systematic review explored …