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Modelling of diabetes knowledge, attitudes, self-management, and quality of life: a cross-sectional study with an Australian sample

Kueh YC 1 , Morris T 2 , Borkoles E 3 , Shee H 4

Affiliations 

  • 1 College of Sport and Exercise Science, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia. yckueh@usm.my
  • 2 College of Sport and Exercise Science, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia. Tony.Morris@vu.edu.au
  • 3 College of Sport and Exercise Science, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia. erika.borkoles@vu.edu.au
  • 4 College of Business, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia. himanshu.shee@vu.edu.au
Health Qual Life Outcomes, 2015;13:129.
PMID: 26286395 DOI: 10.1186/s12955-015-0303-8

Abstract

Quality of life (QoL) is an important aspect of wellbeing for people with chronic conditions like type 2 diabetes, making it a noteworthy outcome. Knowledge about diabetes, attitudes, and self-management of diabetes are key factors that might directly or indirectly impact QoL. However, little is known about the inter-relationships between diabetes knowledge, attitudes, self-management and QoL among people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The aim of this study was to examine a model describing the relationship between diabetes knowledge, attitudes, self-management, and QoL of people with T2DM that is based on previous research linking pairs of these variables.

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