Incorporation of Quality-of-Life Considerations Into Intensive Diabetes Management Protocols in Adolescents

Two articles in this issue of DiabetesCare address the relationship betweenmetabolic control and adolescents' perceptions of the impact of diabetes on their quality of life (1,2). A third describes the beneficial effect of a specific psychoso-cial intervention on both metabolic control and self-perceived quality of life (3). Publi-cation of these studies emphasizes the importance the Diabetes Care editorial board gives to research that addresses the effects of treatment on not only the physi-cal but also the psychological health of adolescent patients. It is, therefore, an opportune time to perform an overview of some of what is known and what needs to be known about these topics