Purpose

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between and among diabetes self-care, diabetes time management, and diabetes distress in women with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Methods

A descriptive correlational design with a total of 188 participants completed 3 valid and reliable instruments to measure the main study variables, the Diabetes Self-Management Questionnaire, the Diabetes Time Management Questionnaire, and the Diabetes Distress Scale, in an uncontrolled, natural setting using mix-mode surveys (electronic and paper). Survey responses were analyzed using several descriptive, bivariate, and multivariate analyses.

Results

Diabetes time management was the strongest, statistically significant, unique contributor to explaining self-care. The regression model showed that diabetes time management demonstrated a large effect size and that diabetes distress demonstrated a small effect size.

Conclusions

The 2 predictor variables among diabetes self-care in women showed diabetes time management had a stronger effect size compared to diabetes distress. This is the first known study to measure the influence of diabetes time management on diabetes self-care and to examine the relationship between and among diabetes time management and diabetes distress. Diabetes time management, an understudied variable in individuals with T2DM, has the potential to be a contributor to improve patient outcomes.

中文翻译：

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2型糖尿病女性糖尿病自我保健、糖尿病时间管理和糖尿病困扰之间的关系

目的

本研究的目的是检查糖尿病自我护理、糖尿病时间管理和 2 型糖尿病 (T2DM) 女性糖尿病困扰之间的关系。

方法

共有 188 名参与者的描述性相关设计完成了 3 种有效且可靠的工具来测量主要研究变量，糖尿病自我管理问卷、糖尿病时间管理问卷和糖尿病困扰量表，在不受控制的自然环境中使用混合- 模式调查（电子和纸质）。使用几种描述性、双变量和多变量分析对调查响应进行了分析。

结果

糖尿病时间管理是解释自我保健的最强、统计学显着、独特的贡献者。回归模型显示糖尿病时间管理显示出较大的效应量，而糖尿病困扰显示出较小的效应量。

结论

女性糖尿病自我护理的 2 个预测变量表明，与糖尿病困扰相比，糖尿病时间管理具有更大的影响大小。这是第一个已知的测量糖尿病时间管理对糖尿病自我护理的影响的研究，并检查糖尿病时间管理与糖尿病困扰之间的关系。糖尿病时间管理是 T2DM 患者中一个未被充分研究的变量，有可能成为改善患者预后的贡献者。