Enhancing positive appraisal of diabetes has the potential to buffer the negative effects of self-management barriers on self-efficacy.
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May guide self-management support in type 2 diabetes; leaves open causal effects and need for prospective trials.
Diabetes appraisal plays a mediating role in the association between self-management barriers and self-efficacy in patients with type 2 diabetes. Reflecting on patients' appraisal of diabetes can help to develop evidence-based and patient-centered interventions. Interventions that enhance individuals' positive appraisal of diabetes have the potential to buffer the negative effects of self-management barriers on self-efficacy.
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