Technology-Enabled Collaborative Care for Concurrent Diabetes and Distress Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Feasibility Study

Lenka Vojtila   ¹ , MEd ;   Diana Sherifali   ^{2, 3, 4} , RN, PhD ;   Rosa Dragonetti   ^{1, 5} , MSc ;   Iqra Ashfaq   ¹ , MSc ;   Scott Veldhuizen   ¹ , PhD ;   Farooq Naeem   ⁶ , MRCPsych, PhD ;   Sri Mahavir Agarwal   ^{7, 8} , MBBS, PhD ;   Osnat C Melamed   ^{1, 5} , MSc, MD ;   Allison Crawford   ^{7, 8} , MD, PhD ;   Philip Gerretsen   ^{7, 8, 9} , MD, PhD ;   Margaret Hahn   ^{7, 8} , MD, PhD ;   Sean Hill   ^{7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14} , PhD ;   Sean Kidd   ^{7, 8} , PhD ;   Benoit Mulsant   ^{6, 7} , MS, MD ;   Eva Serhal   ¹⁵ , MBA, PhD ;   Leah Tackaberry-Giddens   ¹ , BS ;   Carly Whitmore   ^{1, 3} , RN, PhD ;   Jennifer Marttila   ³ , BSc, RN ;   Frank Tang   ^{16, 17} , P.Eng, PhD ;   Seeta Ramdass   ^{16, 18, 19, 20, 21} , BA ;   Gloria Lourido   ¹⁶ ;   Sanjeev Sockalingam   ^{7, 22, 23} , MD, MHPE ;   Peter Selby   ^{1, 2, 5, 7, 24} , MBBS, MHSc

¹ Nicotine Dependence Service, Addictions Program, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada

² Addictions Research Program, Clinical Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada

³ School of Nursing, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

⁴ Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, ON, Canada

⁵ Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁶ Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁷ Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁸ Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁹ Institute of Medical Science, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹⁰ Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹¹ Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹² Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹³ Temerty Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research and Education in Medicine (T-CAIREM), University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹⁴ École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

¹⁵ Department of Virtual Mental Health, Outreach and Project ECHO, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹⁶ Diabetes Action Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹⁷ Aging, Community and Health Research Unit, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

¹⁸ Office of Social Accountability and Community Engagement, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

¹⁹ The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada

²⁰ Conseil Pour La Protection Des Malades, Montreal, QC, Canada

²¹ Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, ON, Canada

²² Department of Education, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada

²³ Bariatric Surgery Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada

²⁴ Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada