TY - JOUR
T1 - Medication Adherence Mediates the Association between Type D Personality and High HbA1c Level in Chinese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
T2 - A Six-Month Follow-Up Study
AU - Li, Xuemei
AU - Gao, Min
AU - Zhang, Shengfa
AU - Xu, Huiwen
AU - Zhou, Huixuan
AU - Wang, Xiaohua
AU - Qu, Zhiyong
AU - Guo, Jing
AU - Zhang, Weijun
AU - Tian, Donghua
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Xuemei Li et al.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Aims. To examine the association between Type D personality and HbA1c level and to explore the mediating role of medication adherence between them in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Methods. 330 patients went on to complete a self-report measure of medication adherence and the HbA1c tests. Chi-square test, T test, Ordinary Least Square Regression (OLS), and Recentered Influence Function Regression (RIF) were employed. Results. Patients with Type D personality had significantly higher HbA1c value (P<0.01). When Type D personality was operationalized as a categorical variable, SI was associated with HbA1c (P<0.01). When NA, SI, and their interaction term were entered into regression, all of them were no longer associated with HbA1c level (P>0.1). On the other hand, when Type D personality was operationalized as a continuous variable, only SI trait was associated with HbA1c level (P<0.01). When NA, SI, and NA×SI term together were entered into regression, only SI was not related to HbA1c level. Furthermore, medication adherence had a significant mediation effect between Type D personality and HbA1c, accounting for 54.43% of the total effect. Conclusion. Type D personality was associated with HbA1c in direct and indirect ways, and medication adherence acted as a mediator role.
AB - Aims. To examine the association between Type D personality and HbA1c level and to explore the mediating role of medication adherence between them in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Methods. 330 patients went on to complete a self-report measure of medication adherence and the HbA1c tests. Chi-square test, T test, Ordinary Least Square Regression (OLS), and Recentered Influence Function Regression (RIF) were employed. Results. Patients with Type D personality had significantly higher HbA1c value (P<0.01). When Type D personality was operationalized as a categorical variable, SI was associated with HbA1c (P<0.01). When NA, SI, and their interaction term were entered into regression, all of them were no longer associated with HbA1c level (P>0.1). On the other hand, when Type D personality was operationalized as a continuous variable, only SI trait was associated with HbA1c level (P<0.01). When NA, SI, and NA×SI term together were entered into regression, only SI was not related to HbA1c level. Furthermore, medication adherence had a significant mediation effect between Type D personality and HbA1c, accounting for 54.43% of the total effect. Conclusion. Type D personality was associated with HbA1c in direct and indirect ways, and medication adherence acted as a mediator role.
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U2 - 10.1155/2017/7589184
DO - 10.1155/2017/7589184
M3 - Article
C2 - 28280745
AN - SCOPUS:85013413905
SN - 2314-6745
VL - 2017
JO - Journal of Diabetes Research
JF - Journal of Diabetes Research
M1 - 7589184
ER -