Behavioral and Psychological Factors in Buffering Diabetes-related Disability Development.
Ann Behav Med
; 57(12): 1046-1057, 2023 11 16.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Diabetes is associated with disability development. Healthy behaviors and psychosocial support can help patients manage their disease.PURPOSE:
To examine the role of various behavioral and psychological factors in buffering the effect of diabetes on disability development over time in Taiwanese adults.METHODS:
Data on 5,131 adults aged ≥50 years were obtained from the Taiwan Longitudinal Study on Aging. A cohort sequential multilevel design was employed to analyze the association between behavioral and psychosocial factors and the risk of disability over a 11-year period.RESULTS:
In patients with diabetes, having social support and exercising more than six times a week were associated with 4% and 49% reductions in the risk of disability, respectively (ßdiabetes*socialsupport = -0.285, p = .006; ßdiabetes*exercise3 = -2.612, p = .007). Exercising more than six times a week had an additional significant protective effect against disability development per year (ßdiabetes*exercises3*age = -0.241, p = .038). Depression did not significantly interact with diabetes. However, a trajectory analysis revealed that individuals who had both diabetes and depression had the highest disability score from middle age among all participants.CONCLUSIONS:
Engaging in frequent exercise is the most influential factor for reducing the risk of disability in patients with diabetes. Social support provides an additional benefit for disability prevention in individuals with diabetes.
Diabetes can lead to several diseases that affect the heart, vessels, brain, kidneys, and nerves. These diseases can cause disabilities in people with diabetes. Disabilities among people with diabetes lead to higher death rates, depression, and poor life quality. All these have become a great burden to our public health care system. Several past studies let us know healthy behaviors and good social support have positive effects on reducing complications of diabetes. Healthy behaviors, such as healthy diets, regular exercises, and proper stress management. Good social support and participation are known to reduce dementia in people with diabetes. However, it remains unclear about interactions and exact associations among all these factors. This study was designed to find out how health behaviors and social support help people with diabetes reduce the risks of disabilities. By analyzing data from Taiwan Longitudinal Study on Aging, we found that exercising more than six times a week reduced disability risk the most for people with diabetes. Social support, although not as effective as exercising, provided additional positive effects to reducing disability risks of people with diabetes.
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Assunto principal:
Pessoas com Deficiência
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Diabetes Mellitus
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2023
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Article