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Article: Application of a health-related quality of life conceptual model in community-dwelling older Chinese people with diabetes to understand the relationships among clinical and psychological outcomes
Title | Application of a health-related quality of life conceptual model in community-dwelling older Chinese people with diabetes to understand the relationships among clinical and psychological outcomes |
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Keywords | Quality of life Diabetes Structural equation modeling |
Issue Date | 2014 |
Citation | Journal of Diabetes Investigation, 2014, v. 5, n. 6, p. 677-686 How to Cite? |
Abstract | © 2014 The Authors. Aims/Introduction: The present study applied the Wilson-Cleary model of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) by using the structural equation modeling (SEM) approach to understand the interrelationships among clinical, sociodemographic and psychological characteristics in older people with diabetes. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study with 452 Chinese older people with diabetes recruited from three primary care clinics. A series of assessments were made, including four instruments: the Chinese version of the Short Form 36 Health Survey, Older American Resources and Services Multidimensional Functional Assessment Questionnaire, Rand Mental Health Inventory and Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey; and clinical outcomes (diabetes-related characteristics and physiological data). Results: In the present study, we identified six patient individual and environmental characteristics, namely, age, sex, physical activity, psychological distress, social support and adequacy of income, that significantly influence HRQOL directly or by way of physical functional status and general health perception. Conclusions: Improving social and financial support as well as providing interventions to promote physical activity and to cope with psychological distress in this patient population might be effective to eventually enhance their HRQOL. The present findings add to the literature the underlying complex biological and psychological processes of HRQOL, and take the body of knowledge in HRQOL of older people with diabetes to a theoretical level, and provide insights for development of appropriate strategies to optimize their HRQOL. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/280811 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 3.1 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.997 |
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dc.contributor.author | Shiu, Ann Tak Ying | - |
dc.contributor.author | Choi, Kai Chow | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lee, Diana Tze Fan | - |
dc.contributor.author | Yu, Doris Sau Fung | - |
dc.contributor.author | Man Ng, Wai | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-02-17T14:35:00Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2020-02-17T14:35:00Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Diabetes Investigation, 2014, v. 5, n. 6, p. 677-686 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 2040-1116 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/280811 | - |
dc.description.abstract | © 2014 The Authors. Aims/Introduction: The present study applied the Wilson-Cleary model of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) by using the structural equation modeling (SEM) approach to understand the interrelationships among clinical, sociodemographic and psychological characteristics in older people with diabetes. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study with 452 Chinese older people with diabetes recruited from three primary care clinics. A series of assessments were made, including four instruments: the Chinese version of the Short Form 36 Health Survey, Older American Resources and Services Multidimensional Functional Assessment Questionnaire, Rand Mental Health Inventory and Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey; and clinical outcomes (diabetes-related characteristics and physiological data). Results: In the present study, we identified six patient individual and environmental characteristics, namely, age, sex, physical activity, psychological distress, social support and adequacy of income, that significantly influence HRQOL directly or by way of physical functional status and general health perception. Conclusions: Improving social and financial support as well as providing interventions to promote physical activity and to cope with psychological distress in this patient population might be effective to eventually enhance their HRQOL. The present findings add to the literature the underlying complex biological and psychological processes of HRQOL, and take the body of knowledge in HRQOL of older people with diabetes to a theoretical level, and provide insights for development of appropriate strategies to optimize their HRQOL. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Diabetes Investigation | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject | Quality of life | - |
dc.subject | Diabetes | - |
dc.subject | Structural equation modeling | - |
dc.title | Application of a health-related quality of life conceptual model in community-dwelling older Chinese people with diabetes to understand the relationships among clinical and psychological outcomes | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/jdi.12198 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 25422768 | - |
dc.identifier.pmcid | PMC4234231 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84911362631 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 5 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 6 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 677 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 686 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 2040-1124 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000344358600010 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 2040-1116 | - |