Diabetes distress as mediators of loneliness and health promotion behaviour: a cross-sectional study
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....
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| description | 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 Health Promotion Scale from January 2022 to October 2022. Mediation analysis was performed by SPSS V.26.0’s PROCESS macro.Result The findings of this study indicated diabetes distress acted as a mediator between loneliness and health promotion behaviour. According to bootstrapping results, the total effect of loneliness on health promotion behaviour was significantly negative (β=−0.312, p=0.006). Loneliness significantly and negatively correlated with diabetes distress (β=−0.043, p<0.001), while diabetes distress significantly and negatively correlated with health promotion behaviours (β=−2.724, p=0.008). Both the indirect effect and the direct effect of loneliness on health promotion behaviour were significant.Conclusion Our study illustrated that loneliness was negatively associated with health promotion behaviours, and diabetes distress acted as a mediator in this relationship. It is suggested that healthcare providers should prioritise the identification and management of diabetes distress in older patients with diabetes who experience loneliness to improve health promotion behaviours and optimise disease management outcomes. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-10a855ab0187478bbd1d01bc8b5dcf712025-08-20T02:11:18ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552023-12-01131210.1136/bmjopen-2023-079674Diabetes distress as mediators of loneliness and health promotion behaviour: a cross-sectional studyTingting Yang0Lu Deng1Feiyang Zhou2Chunbo Guo3Keyu Long4Linlin Xie5Qian Lv6Bone Marrow Transplantation Center of The First Affiliated Hospital and Liangzhu Laboratory, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China1 School of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaClinical Nursing Teaching and Research Section, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, ChinaClinical Nursing Teaching and Research Section, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, ChinaCentral South University, Changsha, ChinaCentral South University, Changsha, ChinaClinical Nursing Teaching and Research Section, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, ChinaObjectives 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 Health Promotion Scale from January 2022 to October 2022. Mediation analysis was performed by SPSS V.26.0’s PROCESS macro.Result The findings of this study indicated diabetes distress acted as a mediator between loneliness and health promotion behaviour. According to bootstrapping results, the total effect of loneliness on health promotion behaviour was significantly negative (β=−0.312, p=0.006). Loneliness significantly and negatively correlated with diabetes distress (β=−0.043, p<0.001), while diabetes distress significantly and negatively correlated with health promotion behaviours (β=−2.724, p=0.008). Both the indirect effect and the direct effect of loneliness on health promotion behaviour were significant.Conclusion Our study illustrated that loneliness was negatively associated with health promotion behaviours, and diabetes distress acted as a mediator in this relationship. It is suggested that healthcare providers should prioritise the identification and management of diabetes distress in older patients with diabetes who experience loneliness to improve health promotion behaviours and optimise disease management outcomes.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/12/e079674.full |
| spellingShingle | Tingting Yang Lu Deng Feiyang Zhou Chunbo Guo Keyu Long Linlin Xie Qian Lv Diabetes distress as mediators of loneliness and health promotion behaviour: a cross-sectional study BMJ Open |
| title | Diabetes distress as mediators of loneliness and health promotion behaviour: a cross-sectional study |
| title_full | Diabetes distress as mediators of loneliness and health promotion behaviour: a cross-sectional study |
| title_fullStr | Diabetes distress as mediators of loneliness and health promotion behaviour: a cross-sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Diabetes distress as mediators of loneliness and health promotion behaviour: a cross-sectional study |
| title_short | Diabetes distress as mediators of loneliness and health promotion behaviour: a cross-sectional study |
| title_sort | diabetes distress as mediators of loneliness and health promotion behaviour a cross sectional study |
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