ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Influence of Diabetes Knowledge, Self-Stigma, and Self-Care Behavior on Quality of Life in Patients with Diabetes.
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- The relationship between empowerment and stigma among the Chinese people with diabetes: the mediating role of self-management and the moderating role of psychological resilience.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- The Mediating Role of Acceptance Action and Self-Care in Diabetes Self-Stigma's Impact on Type 2 Diabetes Quality of Life: A Cross-Sectional Study.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The relationship between psychological resilience and quality of life among the Chinese diabetes patients: the mediating role of stigma and the moderating role of empowerment.BMC public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
Globally, almost 9.3% of the population aged 20-80 years have been diagnosed with diabetes making diabetes management a global health problem beyond specific regions or races. This study aimed to determine the effect of diabetes knowledge, self-stigma, and self-care behavior on the quality of life of patients with diabetes. This descriptive research study evaluated 180 patients receiving diabetes treatment at the outpatient Department of Endocrinology at C University Hospital. Data were collected between 30 July 2019, and 30 August 2019. The study variables were general patient characteristics, disease-related characteristics, quality of life, diabetes knowledge, self-stigma, and self-care behavior. Factors affecting the quality of life were analyzed by hierarchical regression. Self-stigma (β = -0.298), monthly income (β = 0.270), and self-care behavior (β = 0.140) significantly affected the quality of life, in that order. The higher the self-stigma, the lower the quality of life, and the higher the monthly income and the level of self-care behavior, the higher the quality of life. A psychosocial support program to positively change the attitude toward diabetes is needed to improve the quality of life among patients with diabetes.
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