Abstract
Aims: To characterize differences in psychosocial variables between inner-city African American men and women with type 2 diabetes, and to test if the relationships between psychosocial variables and diabetes self-management behaviours differ by gender. Design: Secondary analysis. Methods: We used baseline data from participants enrolled in the Prevention through Lifestyle Intervention and Numeracy 4 Success-Diabetes study (N = 37). Differences in psychosocial variables between genders were compared using chi-square tests. A two-way analysis of variance was then used to compare self-management scores by different psychosocial characteristics and gender. Results: There was no statistically significant difference in psychosocial characteristics between genders. High diabetes knowledge and self-efficacy were associated with better self-management behaviours in African American women but not in men. In contrast, high numeracy was associated with better diabetes self-management only in men. Low depression, high health literacy, and high social support were associated with better self-management practices in both genders.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2425-2433 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Nursing Open |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2022 The Authors. Nursing Open published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Keywords
- African Americans
- diabetes
- diabetes self-management
- gender-specific differences
- psychosocial characteristics