Diabetes is a chronic illness that places a significant self-management burden on affected
individuals and families. Given the importance of health behaviors—such as medication …

Purpose The primary purpose of this systematic review is to synthesize the evidence
regarding risk factors associated with nonadherence to prescribed glucose-lowering agents …

Background Patients with coexisting type 2 diabetes and hypertension generally exhibit
poor adherence to self-management, which adversely affects their disease control …

Patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) need psychological support throughout their life span
from the time of diagnosis. The psychological make-up of the patients with DM play a central …

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is reported as one of the most complex chronic diseases worldwide.
In the United States, Type 2 DM (T2DM) is the seventh leading cause of morbidity and …

Background Many adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) experience a psychosocial
burden and mental health problems associated with the disease. Diabetes‐related distress …

Objectives Despite the centrality of patient involvement in the policy and rhetoric of health
care, the theoretical and empirical basis for patient involvement is lacking at the micro-level …

A correlational study (n= 180 adults) in the United States tested the hypothesis that self-
directed humor styles predict emotional responses to COVID-19, specifically stress and …

Background The aim of this study was to examine the mechanism by which depressive
symptoms, diabetes distress, and diabetes fatalism together influence diabetes outcomes …

Background: Fatalism, known as the propensity to believe that one's destiny is externally
determined, has so far been examined selectively, and not yet in a cross-cultural study …