At the time the study was conducted, Besher Gharaibeh, Byron Gajewski, and Diane Boyle were affiliated with School of Nursing University of Kansas, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA; Ahmed Al-smadi was affiliated with University of Ulster, Belfast, Newtownabbey Co. Antrim BT37 0QB, Jordandtown road, UK.
The coexistence of diabetes and depression is associated with negative outcomes such as poor diabetes self-care management (DSCM). Complex relationships exist among diabetes knowledge, self-efficacy, self-care agency, depression and DSCM. No study has examined the relationships among all these factors at the same time. We aimed to examine relationships among depression, diabetes knowledge, self-care agency, self-efficacy and DSCM in insulin- treated people based on a modification of the DSCM model. A cross-sectional, correlational model testing design was used. Participants with type 1 (n = 35) and type 2 (n = 43) diabetes were recruited from both outpatient and community sites. Participants mean age was 46.6 years (standard deviation 13.7) and the majority were men (56.4%). Multiple regression analyses tested the hypothesised relationships. Depression was found to have a direct negative relationship with self-care agency and self-efficacy. The relationship between depression and DSCM was not direct. Self-care agency and self-efficacy completely mediated the effect of depression on DSCM. Self-efficacy completely mediated the effect of self-care agency on DSCM. We conclude that effective treatment programmes for persons managed with insulin should probably include not only screening and treatment of depression, but also skills training to enhance patient self-care agency and self-efficacy alongside DSCM.
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