Sleep quality as a potential mediator between psychological distress and diabetes quality of life in veterans with type 2 diabetes.

Authors :: Seligowski AV
Pless Kaiser AP
Niles BL
Mori DL
King LA
King DW
Source :: Journal of clinical psychology [J Clin Psychol] 2013 Oct; Vol. 69 (10), pp. 1121-31. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 May 25.
Publication Year :: 2013
Abstract: Objective: The goal of this study was to explore sleep quality as a potential mediator between depression symptoms and diabetes quality of life (DQOL), and anxiety symptoms and DQOL.<br />Method: Participants were 83 male and 3 female veterans with type 2 diabetes (Mage = 62.4). Self-report measures were completed during the baseline assessment of a larger intervention study conducted at the VA Boston Healthcare System.<br />Results: Depression symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and sleep quality were all associated with DQOL. Additionally, sleep quality had a partial indirect effect on the relationships between depression symptoms and DQOL, and between anxiety symptoms and DQOL.<br />Conclusions: These findings suggest that sleep quality may have an important role in the way that psychological distress affects diabetes quality of life.<br /> (© 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)

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