Presenting the quality of life model related to the health of patients with type 2 diabetes based on disease perception, BMI and demographic characteristics with the mediating role of self-care behaviors

Ahmad Pourrostami; Mohammad Reza Zarbakhsh Bahri; Sobhane Bahram

doi:10.61838/kman.aftj.4.5.21

Authors

Ahmad Pourrostami PhD student Health Psychology , Department of Psychology , Tonekabon Branch , Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon , Iran Author https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4613-1338
Mohammad Reza Zarbakhsh Bahri Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Tonekabon Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, Iran Corresponding Author https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3708-2882
Sobhane Bahram Assistant Professor ، Department of Medical Sciences, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Mazandaran, Iran Author https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5264-739X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61838/kman.aftj.4.5.21

Keywords:

Health-related quality of life, type 2 diabetes, disease perception, BMI, demographic characteristics, self-care behaviors

Abstract

Aim: The aim of this study was to provide a health-related quality of life model for patients with type 2 diabetes based on disease perception, BMI and demographic characteristics with the mediating role of self-care behaviors. Method: The research method was descriptive-correlation type. The statistical population of the research was type 2 diabetes patients who had visited the hospitals of Tankabon and Ramsar. The sample of the study was 350 patients with type 2 diabetes who were selected by available sampling method. Data were collected using health-related quality of life questionnaires (Baroghs et al., 2004), disease perception (Weinman et al., 1996), self-care behaviors (Tobert et al., 2000), body mass index, and demographic characteristics questionnaire. Data analysis was done by structural equation modeling method. Results: The findings showed that the structural model of the health-related quality of life of patients with type 2 diabetes based on disease perception, BMI and demographic characteristics (age, education level, age of disease onset, duration of disease) with the mediating role of self-care behaviors fits with experimental data. Conclusion: Therefore, since the quality of life is considered an important health outcome, it is necessary to consider it as a main issue in the care of different patients, including patients with diabetes.