Gender-Specific Factors Influencing Diabetes Self-Care Behaviors and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes in South Korea
- Authors
- Choi, Jeong Sil; Kim, Bo Hwan; Chang, Sun Ju
- Issue Date
- Sep-2015
- Publisher
- SLACK INC
- Citation
- RESEARCH IN GERONTOLOGICAL NURSING, v.8, no.5, pp.231 - 239
- Journal Title
- RESEARCH IN GERONTOLOGICAL NURSING
- Volume
- 8
- Number
- 5
- Start Page
- 231
- End Page
- 239
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/10234
- DOI
- 10.3928/19404921-20150331-01
- ISSN
- 1940-4921
- Abstract
- The purpose of the current study was to identify gender-specific factors infl uencing diabetes self-care behaviors and health-related quality of life among older adults with type 2 diabetes in South Korea. This is a secondary analysis using data from 278 older adults (77 women, 201 men) with type 2 diabetes. An independent t test and hierarchical multiple regression analyses were used to analyze the data. No significant mean diff erences in diabetes self-care behaviors and health-related quality of life were observed according to gender. Regarding predictors by gender, the number of diabetes-related complications was a unique predictor of diabetes self-care behaviors in older men, whereas duration of diabetes and barriers were unique predictors in older women. Depression was a signifi cant common predictor of health-related quality of life in older men and women. Nurses should be aware of and consider gender specifi city when developing intervention programs for promoting self-care behaviors and health-related quality of life.
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