Exploring the relationship between self-care agency and quality of life in adults with diabetes: A cross-sectional study

Kei Takahashi, Chizuko Takeishi, Chiyo Tsutsumi, Tomomi Nakao, Yuichi Sato, Yuji Uchizono, Kiyohide Nunoi, Yasunori Tabira and Yasuko Shimizu

PLOS ONE, 2025, vol. 20, issue 7, 1-12

Abstract: Self-care agency is the ability to perform self-care. Clarifying the factors of self-care agency that are related to quality of life can help determine the most effective nursing support. This cross-sectional study of patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes aimed to explore the relationship between self-care agency and quality of life in adults with diabetes. Using a selective sampling method, we conducted a questionnaire survey using the Instrument of Diabetes Self-Care Agency and the SF-12 Health Survey. After identifying items related to quality of life from single regression and correlation analyses, multiple regression analyses were performed. There were 139 respondents, with an average age of 62.8 ± 11.7 years, of whom 71 were men (51.0%) and 117 had type 2 diabetes (84.1%). The average self-care agency score was 153.6 ± 22.5 points. Based on the results of the single regression analysis, age, sex, HbA1c, and BMI were selected as adjustment factors. Multiple regression analyses showed that the “ability to cope with stress” was related to the role/social component summary of health-related quality of life (β = 0.40, p

Date: 2025
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