Quality of life and proactive coping with stress in a group of middle adulthood women with type 2 diabetes

Kalka, Dorota

doi:10.1515/ppb-2016-0039

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“…This is consistent with other published reports [4,14,27]. A similar difference between healthy and diabetic women was reported in studies on women who were not pregnant [23]. In the literature, somewhat different reports can also be found, where general perceived health was lower in ill individuals than in healthy ones (similarly to our study), but overall QoL was rated higher by hyperglycemic respondents than by healthy controls [29].…”

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“…The QoL of these women may be adversely affected by the resulting changes in mood and perceived health, and a partial loss of control over one's own body [11,14,22]. Due to the continuously growing interest in patients' QoL during illness and treatment, numerous studies have been published on the adverse impact of such conditions as type 1 or type 2 diabetes on QoL in adults and children [23][24][25][26]. However, research on the impact of hyperglycemia on the QoL of women during pregnancy is still lacking [11,14,[27][28][29].…”

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The relationship between health-related quality of life, acceptance of illness and characteristics of pregnant women with hyperglycemia

Iwanowicz-Palus

Zarajczyk

Bień

2020

Health Qual Life Outcomes

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Background The study was performed to evaluate the association between socio-demographic factors on the one hand, and quality of life and illness acceptance on the other, in pregnant women with hyperglycemia. Methods The study was performed in the years 2016–2017 in south-eastern Poland. The study included 676 women: 339 pregnant women with hyperglycemia in the case group, and 337 healthy pregnant women in the control group. The research instruments applied included the WHOQOL-BREF quality of life questionnaire, the Acceptance of Illness Scale (AIS), and a general questionnaire. Results Factors associated with quality of life in women with hyperglycemia include: relationship status, residence, professional activity, living conditions, number of pregnancies, self-reported knowledge of diabetes treatment and lifestyle and also of the potential pregnancy complications and fetal health impact associated with the disease, as well as the type of diabetes treatment (p < 0.05).The mean illness acceptance score among the patients is near the lower boundary of “moderate”, 31.37 points. Factors associated with illness acceptance in women with hyperglycemia include: professional activity, living conditions, and self-reported knowledge of diabetes treatment and lifestyle and of the potential pregnancy complications and fetal health impact associated with the disease (p < 0.05). Conclusion Better overall quality of life, general perceived health, and quality of life in all specific domains was found among healthy pregnant women compared to those with hyperglycemia. A higher level of illness acceptance has a positive effect on overall quality of life, general perceived health, and quality of life in all specific domains. General Quality of Life is positively correlated with reported living conditions and self-reported knowledge on glucose tolerance disorder treatment and lifestyle recommendations. AIS is positively correlated with living conditions, self-reported knowledge on glucose tolerance disorder treatment and lifestyle recommendations, and self-reported knowledge on possible pregnancy complications and infant health impact associated with glucose tolerance disorders.

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The relationship between health-related quality of life, acceptance of illness and characteristics of pregnant women with hyperglycemia

Iwanowicz-Palus

Zarajczyk

Bień

2020

Health Qual Life Outcomes

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“…This is consistent with other published reports [4,14,26]. A similar difference between healthy and diabetic women was reported in studies on women who were not pregnant [22]. In the literature, somewhat different reports can also be found, where general perceived health was lower in ill individuals than in healthy ones (similarly to our study), but overall QoL was rated higher by hyperglycemic respondents than by healthy controls [28].…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 93%

“…In our study, pregnant women with hyperglycemia rated their overall QoL higher than their overall perceived health. Similar ndings have been reported in other studies on the QoL of pregnant women [11] and non-pregnant diabetic women aged 45-55 [22]. GDM diagnosis also adversely affected perceived QoL in pregnant women in a tertiary health care center in India [14] and pregnant women in the US state of West Virginia [21].…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 87%

“…Due to the continuously growing interest in patients' QoL during illness and treatment, numerous studies have been published on the adverse impact of such conditions as type 1 or type 2 diabetes on QoL in adults and children [22][23][24][25]. However, research on the impact of hyperglycemia on the QoL of women during pregnancy is still lacking [11,14,[26][27][28].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Relationship Between Health-Related Quality of Life, Acceptance of Illness and Characteristics of Pregnant Women with Hyperglycemia

Iwanowicz-Palus

Zarajczyk

Bień

2020

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Background: The study was performed to evaluate the association between socio-demographic factors on the one hand, and quality of life and illness acceptance on the other, in pregnant women with hyperglycemia.Methods: The study was performed in the years 2016–2017 in south-eastern Poland. The study included 676 women: 339 pregnant women with hyperglycemia in the case group, and 337 healthy pregnant women in the control group. The research instruments applied included the WHOQOL-BREF quality of life questionnaire, the Acceptance of Illness Scale (AIS), and a general questionnaire.Results: Factors that affect hyperglycemic women’s quality of life include: relationship status, residence, professional activity, living conditions, number of pregnancies, self-reported knowledge of diabetes treatment and lifestyle and also of the potential pregnancy complications and fetal health impact associated with the disease, as well as the type of diabetes treatment (p < 0.05). The mean illness acceptance score among the patients is near the lower boundary of “moderate”, 31.37 points. Factors with an impact on illness acceptance include: professional activity, living conditions, and self-reported knowledge of diabetes treatment and lifestyle and of the potential pregnancy complications and fetal health impact associated with the disease (p < 0.05).Conclusion: Better overall quality of life, general perceived health, and quality of life in all specific domains was found among healthy pregnant women compared to those with hyperglycemia. A higher level of illness acceptance has a positive effect on overall quality of life, general perceived health, and quality of life in all specific domains.

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Mediated association between spirituality and life satisfaction in chronically ill undergraduate students.

Maier

Surżykiewicz

2020

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

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Preservation of life satisfaction in the face of a chronic illness is of major importance for psychosocial functioning. We addressed in this study how spirituality relates to global life satisfaction in young people with chronic physical illnesses. Based on social-cognitive theory, the transactional model of stress and coping, and Pargament’s theory of religious coping, a serial mediation model with general self-efficacy beliefs and proactive coping as related linkage variables was proposed. In a cross-sectional design, 304 undergraduate students with different chronic physical diseases completed an online survey. As expected, students higher in spirituality reported higher general self-efficacy beliefs, which subsequently related to better proactive coping and which then subsequently related to higher life satisfaction (Bserial = 0.04, SEserial = 0.02, 95% CI [0.01, 0.09]). There was also a specific indirect effect of spirituality on life satisfaction through self-efficacy beliefs only (Bspecific M1 = 0.12, SEspecific M1 = 0.04, 95% CI [0.05, 0.20]). In addition, a direct association of spirituality and life satisfaction was revealed (Bdirect = 0.15, SEdirect = 0.07, p = .039). Findings indicate an important role of spirituality in well-being. General self-efficacy beliefs and proactive coping were identified as key variables in the relation between spirituality and global life satisfaction.

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Quality of life and proactive coping with stress in a group of middle adulthood women with type 2 diabetes

Cited by 10 publications

References 18 publications

The relationship between health-related quality of life, acceptance of illness and characteristics of pregnant women with hyperglycemia

The relationship between health-related quality of life, acceptance of illness and characteristics of pregnant women with hyperglycemia

The Relationship Between Health-Related Quality of Life, Acceptance of Illness and Characteristics of Pregnant Women with Hyperglycemia

Mediated association between spirituality and life satisfaction in chronically ill undergraduate students.

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