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- Title
Physical and Mental Health Status Are Associated with Diabetes Health-Seeking Practices.
- Authors
Miller, Stephania T.; Patel, Kushal; Schlundt, David G.; Larson, Celia; Hargreaves, Margaret
- Abstract
The SF-12 is a widely used measure for estimating overall mental and physical health status. For persons with diabetes, mental and physical health status play a vital role in initiating and maintaining diabetes self-care behaviors. The objective of this study was to examine associations between mental and physical health status and diabetes self-care and diabetes health-seeking behaviors among African American and Caucasian adults with clinically diagnosed Type 2 diabetes. The study sample consisted of African American (70%) and Caucasian (30%) adults residing in Nashville/Davidson County, and was part of a baseline community survey conducted for the CDC-funded Nashville REACH 2010 project. The survey was conducted using a computer-assisted telephone interview system. Participants answered questions related to 1) glucose monitoring (diabetes self-care), 2) number of professional foot checks within the last year (diabetes health-seeking behavior), and 3) time since last dilated eye exam (diabetes health-seeking behavior). Pearson product moment correlations were used to measure associations between diabetes self-care and diabetes health-seeking behaviors and SF-12 physical and mental health summary scores. There was not a significant correlation between glucose self-monitoring and the SF-12. Significant correlations were observed between number of professional foot checks and SF-12 summary scores for physical health (0.16, p< 0.05) and mental health (0.25, p < 0.001) status. Also, time since last dilated eye exams was significantly correlated with SF-12 mental health summary scores (0.15, p< 0.05). Respondents who reported less frequent diabetes health-seeking behaviors tended to report lower levels of physical and mental health functioning. Improving general physical and mental health among adults with Type 2 diabetes may promote diabetes health-seeking behaviors and facilitate better diabetes health outcomes.
- Subjects
PHYSICAL fitness; MENTAL health; DIABETES; HEALTH self-care; HEALTH behavior; TYPE 2 diabetes
- Publication
Diabetes, 2007, Vol 56, pA506
- ISSN
0012-1797
- Publication type
Article