The study examines the role of health-promoting lifestyle and illness control beliefs in well-being of obese diabetic women. Measures of illness control belief, health-promoting lifestyle and obesity-related well-being were given to 100 obese diabetic women selected from outdoors of hospitals in Varanasi. Analysis revealed patients’ stronger belief in ‘doctor-control’ and ‘supernatural-control’ than ‘self-control’ of the disease. Nutrition, interpersonal relations, physical activity and stress management were given more importance in health promotion than spiritual growth-related practices. Belief in ‘self-control’ and ‘doctor-control’ of disease was negatively correlated with ‘psychosocial discomfort’, ‘physical discomfort’ and ‘psychosocial impact’ aspects of obesity, whereas ‘supernatural-control’ showed positive relationship with all aspects. All components of ‘health-promoting lifestyle’ were negatively correlated with ‘physical discomfort’, ‘psychosocial discomfort’ and ‘psychosocial impact’ aspects of obesity. Multiple regression analysis brought out ‘self-control’, ‘supernatural-control’, ‘health responsibility’, ‘physical activity’ and ‘stress management’ as significant predictors of ‘well-being’ of the obese diabetic women.

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肥胖糖尿病妇女的健康生活方式，疾病控制信念和福祉

该研究检验了促进健康的生活方式和疾病控制信念在肥胖糖尿病妇女的幸福中的作用。对从瓦拉纳西的室外医院中选出的100名肥胖糖尿病妇女进行了疾病控制信念，促进健康生活方式和与肥胖相关的幸福感的测量。分析显示，患者比疾病的“自我控制”更相信“医生控制”和“超自然控制”。营养，人际关系，体育活动和压力管理在促进健康方面比与精神成长相关的做法更为重要。对疾病的“自我控制”和“医生控制”的信念与肥胖的“心理社会不适”，“身体不适”和“心理社会影响”方面呈负相关，而“超自然控制”与各个方面都呈正相关。肥胖的“促进健康的生活方式”的所有组成部分与“身体不适”，“心理社会不适”和“心理社会影响”呈负相关。多元回归分析得出了“自我控制”，“超自然控制”，“健康责任”，“体育活动”和“压力管理”作为肥胖糖尿病妇女“幸福感”的重要预测指标。