| Literature DB >> 28529223 |
Amanda E Carlson, Benjamin D Aronson, Michael Unzen, Melissa Lewis, Gabrielle J Benjamin, Melissa L Walls.
Abstract
In this study we examine relationships between traditional cultural factors, apathy, and health-related outcomes among a sample of American Indian adults with type 2 diabetes. Participants completed cross-sectional interviewer-assisted paper and pencil surveys. We tested a proposed model using latent variable path analysis in order to understand the relationships between cultural participation, apathy, frequency of high blood sugar symptoms, and health-related quality of life. The model revealed significant direct effects from cultural participation to apathy, and apathy to both health-related outcomes. No direct effect of cultural participation on either health-related outcome was found; however, cultural participation had a negative indirect effect through apathy on high blood sugar and positive indirect effects on health-related quality of life. This study highlights a potential pathway of cultural involvement to positive diabetes outcomes.Entities:
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Year: 2017 PMID： 28529223 PMCID： PMC5614516 DOI： 10.1353/hpu.2017.0073
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Health Care Poor Underserved ISSN： 1049-2089