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ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Year : 2020  |  Volume : 2  |  Issue : 3  |  Page : 103-109

The relationship between diabetes-related distress and self-management in empty-nest elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: The mediating effect of self-efficacy

Hui-Wen Xu1, Yuan Yuan1, Lin Liu2, En Takashi3, Kitayama Akio3, Xin Li4
1 Department of Medical Nursing, School of Nursing, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China; Department of Basic Medicine and Nosography, Nagano College of Nursing, Komagane, Nagano, Japan
2 Department of Medical Nursing, School of Nursing, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
3 Department of Basic Medicine and Nosography, Nagano College of Nursing, Komagane, Nagano, Japan
4 Department of Respiration, Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China

Correspondence Address:
Xin Li
Department of Respiration, Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, No. 368 Hanjiang Middle Road, Hanjiang District, Yangzhou City 225000, Jiangsu Province
China
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Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None


DOI: 10.4103/jin.jin_11_20

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Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the mediating effect of self-efficacy between diabetes-related distress and self-management in empty-nest elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Methods: A total of 347 empty-nest elderly patients with T2DM from Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine and Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University were investigated by a self-designed General Information Questionnaire, the Self-efficacy for diabetes, the Diabetes Distress Scale, and the summary of diabetes self-care activities. Diabetes-related distress and diabetes self-management were tested for correlation analysis with self-efficacy. Meditational analyses were conducted to test the hypothesized mediating effects of diabetes self-efficacy as an intervention variable between diabetes distress and self-management. Results: About 68.59% of patients suffered from diabetes-related distress. The results of bivariate correlations revealed that self-efficacy was negatively correlated with diabetes-related distress (r =–0.627, P < 0.01) and positively correlated with self-management (r = 0.356, P < 0.01). The relationship effects of diabetes distress on self-management were fully mediated by self-efficacy. Conclusions: Diabetes-related distress prevails in empty-nest elderly patients with T2DM. Self-efficacy plays a mediate role between diabetes-related distress and self-management. Psychological intervention is contributed to reducing diabetes-related distress.


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