1. Depression and Diabetes in a Primarily African American Female Population.
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Groh, Carla J. and J. Moran, Katherine
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BLACK people , *CHI-squared test , *STATISTICAL correlation , *MENTAL depression , *DIABETES , *GLYCOSYLATED hemoglobin , *MINORITIES , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *RESEARCH funding , *STATISTICAL sampling , *SELF-efficacy , *SURVEYS , *T-test (Statistics) , *MATHEMATICAL variables , *WOMEN'S health , *COMORBIDITY , *PILOT projects , *CROSS-sectional method , *DATA analysis software , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *GLYCEMIC control - Abstract
Depression is one of the most serious mental health comorbidities associated with diabetes. In this pilot study, we describe the associations identified via a cross-sectional survey among demographic variables, depression, self-efficacy, and glycemic control in a primarily minority population (mean age = 57.9 years; n = 30) with diabetes mellitus. Descriptive, bivariate, and correlation analyses were conducted. A significant inverse relationship was detected between depression and self-efficacy; however the relationship between depression and A1C was not significant. The implications of these findings include the need for interventions that regularly screen for depression and self-efficacy in persons diagnosed with diabetes mellitus, especially in the earlier years of diagnosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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