Key result
Diabetic and depressive symptoms had direct negative effects on health practices, with the effects of depressive symptoms partially mediated by learned resourcefulness.
Cross-Sectional (n=90)
In women with Type 2 diabetes, depressive symptoms negatively impact health practices, an effect that is partially mediated by learned resourcefulness.
Depressive symptoms linked to poorer health practices in type 2 diabetes partly via low resourcefulness; hypothesis-generating for interventions, prospective studies needed.
More than one fourth of the millions of Americans with Type 2 diabetes experience depression, of which two thirds are women. Unless the individual is resourceful, coexisting diabetes and depression adversely affect one' health practices. The effects of diabetic and depressive symptoms on health practices and the mediating and moderating role of learned resourcefulness in this relationship were examined in 90 women with Type 2 diabetes. Regression analyses showed direct negative effects of diabetic and depressive symptoms on health practices. The effects of depressive, but not diabetic, symptoms were partially mediated by resourcefulness; no moderating effects were found. The results suggest the need to test interventions to minimize symptoms associated with diabetes, particularly depression. Teaching resourcefulness to Type 2 diabetic women may promote their positive health practices by minimizing their depression.
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Zauszniewski et al. (2001) conducted a cross-sectional in Type 2 diabetes (n=90). Diabetic and depressive symptoms was evaluated on Health practices. Diabetic and depressive symptoms had direct negative effects on health practices, with the effects of depressive symptoms partially mediated by learned resourcefulness.
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