[ moderating role of coping strategies in relationship between illness perception, quality of life and HBA1c in patients with type I diabetes]

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study was to investigate the moderating role of coping strategies in the relationship between illness perception, quality of life and HbA1c in patients with type I diabetes. Three hundred patients [172 females and 128 males, 18-30 years] aged with type I diabetes from the Iranian Diabetes Society completed the Illness Perception Questionnaire [IPQ], Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations [CISS], and Quality of Life scale for Diabetics [D-39]. HbA1c level was obtained from patient's laboratory examination. Results of stepwise regression analysis revealed that the influence of illness perception on HbA1c was moderated by task-oriented coping strategy. The relationship between illness perception and quality of life was influenced by three coping strategies, task oriented, emotion-oriented, and avoidant. Coping strategies affect the relationship between illness perception, quality of life and HbA1c in patients with type I diabetes. Results can be helpful in devising preventive policies, determining high risk patients and designing of psychological interventions: