Diabetes distress as mediators of loneliness and health promotion behaviour: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The purpose of this study was to explore whether diabetes distress mediated the relationship between loneliness and health promotion in older adults with diabetes.

Design

A cross-sectional study.

Setting

The study was conducted at three tertiary hospitals in Changsha, Hunan Province, China.

Participants

The sample included 140 patients with diabetes (65 years and older, mean age 72.6 years, SD=4.6).

Methods

We employed path models to analyse data on diabetes distress, loneliness and health promotion behaviours. We collected diabetes distress, loneliness and health promotion behaviour with self-reported questionnaires including the Diabetes Distress Scale, the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Loneliness Scale and the Elderly Healt

SUBMITTER: Zhou F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10759094 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature