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ArticleJournal of health care for the poor and underserved2017

Apathy and Type 2 Diabetes among American Indians: Exploring the Protective Effects of Traditional Cultural Involvement.

Amanda E Carlson, Benjamin D Aronson, Michael Unzen, Melissa Lewis, Gabrielle J Benjamin, Melissa L Walls

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Article in Journal of health care for the poor and underserved, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Amanda E Carlson
Benjamin D Aronson
Michael Unzen
Melissa Lewis
Gabrielle J Benjamin
Melissa L Walls
Minnesota Department of Education · USUniversity of Minnesota · USOhio Northern University · USUniversity of Minnesota, Duluth · US

Funding

Pathway to Advanced Degrees in Life SciencesR25GM086669 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH · PI ANDERSON, GRANT W, CLARKE, BENJAMIN L · 2009 to 2017
$2.8M
Mental Health and Diabetes among Ojibwe AdultsR21MH085852 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI WALLS, MELISSA L. · 2010 to 2011
$426k
Understanding diabetes self-management behaviors among Indigenous adultsR36HS024180 · AHRQ · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI ARONSON, BENJAMIN DAVID · 2015 to 2015
$31k
AHRQ HHS R36 HS024180NIGMS NIH HHS R25 GM086669NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH085852
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study we examine relationships between traditional cultural factors, apathy, and health-related outcomes among a sample of American Indian adults with type 2 diabetes. Participants completed cross-sectional interviewer-assisted paper and pencil surveys. We tested a proposed model using latent variable path analysis in order to understand the relationships between cultural participation, apathy, frequency of high blood sugar symptoms, and health-related quality of life. The model revealed significant direct effects from cultural participation to apathy, and apathy to both health-related outcomes. No direct effect of cultural participation on either health-related outcome was found; however, cultural participation had a negative indirect effect through apathy on high blood sugar and positive indirect effects on health-related quality of life. This study highlights a potential pathway of cultural involvement to positive diabetes outcomes.

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ApathyCultural CharacteristicsAge FactorsBlood GlucoseCross-Sectional StudiesDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleHumansIndians, North AmericanInterviews as TopicMaleMiddle AgedQuality of LifeSex FactorsSpiritualityBlood Glucose

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PMID28529223
PMCPMC5614516
OpenAlexW2614891041

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