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- The study investigates how traditional cultural factors influence apathy and health outcomes in American Indian adults with type 2 diabetes.
- Participants were surveyed through structured interviews, and the data was analyzed using a latent variable path analysis model.
- Findings indicate that cultural participation reduces apathy, which in turn affects health outcomes; while direct effects on health outcomes were not observed, cultural engagement indirectly improved health-related quality of life and worsened high blood sugar symptoms.
Article Abstract
In this study we examine relationships between traditional cultural factors, apathy, and health-related outcomes among a sample of American Indian adults with type 2 diabetes. Participants completed cross-sectional interviewer-assisted paper and pencil surveys. We tested a proposed model using latent variable path analysis in order to understand the relationships between cultural participation, apathy, frequency of high blood sugar symptoms, and health-related quality of life. The model revealed significant direct effects from cultural participation to apathy, and apathy to both health-related outcomes. No direct effect of cultural participation on either health-related outcome was found; however, cultural participation had a negative indirect effect through apathy on high blood sugar and positive indirect effects on health-related quality of life. This study highlights a potential pathway of cultural involvement to positive diabetes outcomes.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5614516 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2017.0073 | DOI Listing |
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