Metabolic dysfunction-associated steaotic liver disease self-management among the Hispanic/Latino population
IntroductionHispanic/Latino populations in the U.S. have the highest prevalence of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steaotic Liver Disease (MASLD), and diet and exercise management are crucial for controlling the disease. While quantitative research on general diet and physical activity within this...
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| description | IntroductionHispanic/Latino populations in the U.S. have the highest prevalence of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steaotic Liver Disease (MASLD), and diet and exercise management are crucial for controlling the disease. While quantitative research on general diet and physical activity within this population exists, studies specifically addressing the quantitative analysis of self-management behaviors in Hispanic/Latino individuals with MASLD are notably scarce. This gap underscores the need for our focused investigation into these specific behaviors under the framework of self-management.ObjectivesOur study aims to investigate how various factors such as age, gender, socioeconomic status, and cultural influences are associated with diet and exercise self-management behaviors in Hispanic/Latino individuals with MASLD. We specifically explore the impact of these demographic and cultural factors as independent variables on the dependent variables of diet and exercise self-management behaviors.MethodsThis study involved 94 participants who were recruited from the Fresno Clinical Research Center to participate in a cross-sectional analysis designed to explore diet and exercise self-management behaviors among Hispanic/Latino people with MASLD. Data were collected from January 2023 to February 2023 using a 54-item Qualtrics survey.ResultsThe average age of the participants was 53 years. Among the participants, 68.1% self- identified as female, and 80.9% had an annual income of at least $35,000. Age b = 0.074, p ≤ 0.001, gender b = 1.242, p ≤ 0.05, and financial stress b = 1.887 p ≤ 0.01 were predictors for poor exercise self-management behaviors. Disease-related knowledge b = −2.264 p ≤ 0.001, and familism b = −0.344 p ≤ 0.05 were predictors for healthy exercise self-management behaviors. There were no significant predictors for diet self-management behaviors among the variables observed in this study.ConclusionAge, gender, and financial stress predicted poor exercise self-management behaviors, while disease-related knowledge and familism predicted healthy exercise self-management behaviors. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-da2b08cd02994d689a95c05efa19cd342025-08-20T02:29:46ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652025-04-011310.3389/fpubh.2025.14994671499467Metabolic dysfunction-associated steaotic liver disease self-management among the Hispanic/Latino populationNaomi Hematillake0Mary A. Garza1Mary A. Garza2Emanuel Alcala3Muhammad Y. Sheikh4Department of Public Health, College of Health and Human Services, California State University, Fresno, CA, United StatesDepartment of Public Health, College of Health and Human Services, California State University, Fresno, CA, United StatesCollege of Health and Human Services, Central Valley Health Policy Institute (CVHPI), California State University, Fresno, CA, United StatesCollege of Health and Human Services, Central Valley Health Policy Institute (CVHPI), California State University, Fresno, CA, United StatesFresno Clinical Research Center (FCRC), Fresno, CA, United StatesIntroductionHispanic/Latino populations in the U.S. have the highest prevalence of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steaotic Liver Disease (MASLD), and diet and exercise management are crucial for controlling the disease. While quantitative research on general diet and physical activity within this population exists, studies specifically addressing the quantitative analysis of self-management behaviors in Hispanic/Latino individuals with MASLD are notably scarce. This gap underscores the need for our focused investigation into these specific behaviors under the framework of self-management.ObjectivesOur study aims to investigate how various factors such as age, gender, socioeconomic status, and cultural influences are associated with diet and exercise self-management behaviors in Hispanic/Latino individuals with MASLD. We specifically explore the impact of these demographic and cultural factors as independent variables on the dependent variables of diet and exercise self-management behaviors.MethodsThis study involved 94 participants who were recruited from the Fresno Clinical Research Center to participate in a cross-sectional analysis designed to explore diet and exercise self-management behaviors among Hispanic/Latino people with MASLD. Data were collected from January 2023 to February 2023 using a 54-item Qualtrics survey.ResultsThe average age of the participants was 53 years. Among the participants, 68.1% self- identified as female, and 80.9% had an annual income of at least $35,000. Age b = 0.074, p ≤ 0.001, gender b = 1.242, p ≤ 0.05, and financial stress b = 1.887 p ≤ 0.01 were predictors for poor exercise self-management behaviors. Disease-related knowledge b = −2.264 p ≤ 0.001, and familism b = −0.344 p ≤ 0.05 were predictors for healthy exercise self-management behaviors. There were no significant predictors for diet self-management behaviors among the variables observed in this study.ConclusionAge, gender, and financial stress predicted poor exercise self-management behaviors, while disease-related knowledge and familism predicted healthy exercise self-management behaviors.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1499467/fullmetabolic dysfunction-associated steaotic liver diseasedietexerciseself-management behaviorslifestyle-interventionHispanic/Latino |
| spellingShingle | Naomi Hematillake Mary A. Garza Mary A. Garza Emanuel Alcala Muhammad Y. Sheikh Metabolic dysfunction-associated steaotic liver disease self-management among the Hispanic/Latino population Frontiers in Public Health metabolic dysfunction-associated steaotic liver disease diet exercise self-management behaviors lifestyle-intervention Hispanic/Latino |
| title | Metabolic dysfunction-associated steaotic liver disease self-management among the Hispanic/Latino population |
| title_full | Metabolic dysfunction-associated steaotic liver disease self-management among the Hispanic/Latino population |
| title_fullStr | Metabolic dysfunction-associated steaotic liver disease self-management among the Hispanic/Latino population |
| title_full_unstemmed | Metabolic dysfunction-associated steaotic liver disease self-management among the Hispanic/Latino population |
| title_short | Metabolic dysfunction-associated steaotic liver disease self-management among the Hispanic/Latino population |
| title_sort | metabolic dysfunction associated steaotic liver disease self management among the hispanic latino population |
| topic | metabolic dysfunction-associated steaotic liver disease diet exercise self-management behaviors lifestyle-intervention Hispanic/Latino |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1499467/full |
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