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Abstract
This study examined the relative strength of correlations between glycemic status and health-related quality of life and depressive symptoms and the degree to which those correlations were moderated by sociodemographic variables in people with type 2 diabetes. Data on 146 people with type 2 diabetes from the Native Hawaiian Health Research Project were analyzed. Depressive symptoms were measured with the Centers for Epidemiological Studies - Depression (CES-D) scale. Health-related quality of life was measured with the SF-36 Health Survey. Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) was used as a measure of glycemic status and body mass index and waist-hip ratio were measured. Results indicated that SF-36 scores accounted for a greater proportion of the variance in CES-D scores. The association between CES-D and SF-36 scores was moderated by HbA1c, sex, education, marital status, and social support. The implications and limitations of this study were discussed in the context of past studies.
