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Diabetes Locus Of Control And Depression In Older Adults With Type 1 And Type 2 Diabetes: The Study Of Longevity In Diabetes, Jahvona Pretty
Diabetes Locus Of Control And Depression In Older Adults With Type 1 And Type 2 Diabetes: The Study Of Longevity In Diabetes, Jahvona Pretty
Theses and Dissertations--Public Health (M.P.H. & Dr.P.H.)
Abstract:
Objective: To determine if diabetes locus of control (dLOC) is associated with depression in older adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes and whether this association differs by diabetes type.
Methods: Data for the current study were obtained from The Study of Longevity in Diabetes (SOLID), a prospective cohort study of aging, and diabetes. SOLID participants aged 60 and older with type 1 diabetes (T1D), type 2 diabetes (T2D), and without diabetes were recruited from members of Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KPNC). For the current study, we excluded all of the participants without diabetes since the primary exposure, …