Depression and Hemoglobin A1c in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes: The Role of Self-Efficacy
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-2010
Keywords
Diabetes, Depression, Hemoglobin A1c, Diabetes self-efficacy
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2010.06.026
Abstract
Aims: To examine a self-efficacy explanation of the finding that depression is related to hemoglobin A1c (A1c) level in people with type 1 but not type 2 diabetes.
Methods: Cross-sectional design involving 124 participants with type 1 (n = 32) and type 2 (n = 92) diabetes. Participants completed measures of depression and diabetes-related self-efficacy. A1c was obtained from medical records.
Results: Replicating prior findings, A1c was significantly correlated with depression in type 1 participants (r = .51, p < .01), but not in type 2 participants (r = .11, ns). As hypothesized, A1c was significantly correlated with self-efficacy among type 1 participants (r = −.42, p < .05) but not among type 2 participants (r = −.01, ns). Self-efficacy also mediated the effect of A1c on depression among the type 1 participants (Z = 2.21, p < .05).
Conclusion: In people with type 1, but not type 2 diabetes, A1c levels are related to diabetes adherence mastery (self-efficacy), which mediates the link between A1c and depression. Results are discussed with regard to the proposal that perceptions of ineffective control over one's health play a role in the development of depression (a consequence model of depression in diabetes).
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, v. 90, issue 2, p. 141-146
Scholar Commons Citation
Sacco, William P. and Bykowski, Cathy A., "Depression and Hemoglobin A1c in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes: The Role of Self-Efficacy" (2010). Psychology Faculty Publications. 907.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/907
