Preferences, beliefs, and self-management of diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess relationships between self-assessed control over life events, subjective beliefs about longevity, time and risk preference, and other factors on use of recommended care for diabetes mellitus (DM), self-assessed control of diabetes, general health, and laboratory measures of HbA1c levels.

Data sources

Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and 2003 HRS Diabetes Study (HRS-DS).

Study design

We used logit and ordered logit analyses to assess use of recommended care, and subjective and objective measures of health outcomes.

Data collection

Secondary analysis of HRS and HRS-DS data.

Principal findings

Individuals with higher self-assessed control over life events and higher subjective probabilities of living 10 years engaged in more recommended

SUBMITTER: Sloan FA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2699922 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature