Gender differences in psychosocial characteristics and diabetes self-management among inner-city African Americans

Hsin Hui Katty Tseng; Manka Nkimbeng; Hae Ra Han

doi:10.1002/nop2.1259

Gender differences in psychosocial characteristics and diabetes self-management among inner-city African Americans

Hsin Hui Katty Tseng
, Manka Nkimbeng
, Hae Ra Han

Health Policy and Management

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Aims: To characterize differences in psychosocial variables between inner-city African American men and women with type 2 diabetes, and to test if the relationships between psychosocial variables and diabetes self-management behaviours differ by gender. Design: Secondary analysis. Methods: We used baseline data from participants enrolled in the Prevention through Lifestyle Intervention and Numeracy 4 Success-Diabetes study (N = 37). Differences in psychosocial variables between genders were compared using chi-square tests. A two-way analysis of variance was then used to compare self-management scores by different psychosocial characteristics and gender. Results: There was no statistically significant difference in psychosocial characteristics between genders. High diabetes knowledge and self-efficacy were associated with better self-management behaviours in African American women but not in men. In contrast, high numeracy was associated with better diabetes self-management only in men. Low depression, high health literacy, and high social support were associated with better self-management practices in both genders.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2425-2433
Number of pages	9
Journal	Nursing Open
Volume	9
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1259
State	Published - Sep 2022

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Funding Information:
This work was supported by a grant from the Brancati Center for the Advancement of Community Care. Additional resources were provided by Center for Community Programs, Innovation and Scholarship and Center for Cardiovascular and Chronic Care at the Johns Hopkins University.

Funding Information:
The authors wish to thank the staff at the East Baltimore Medical Center, Shepherds Clinic, and John Hopkins Aftercare Clinic, for their assistance in the recruitment of study participants. The authors would like to thank the study participants for their time, as well as the contribution of the research staff involved in the PLAN 4 Success Diabetes Pilot Study.

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© 2022 The Authors. Nursing Open published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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African Americans
diabetes
diabetes self-management
gender-specific differences
psychosocial characteristics

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