TY - JOUR
T1 - Weight Control Behaviors Among Emerging Adults With Type 1 Diabetes
AU - Hanna, Kathleen M.
AU - Weaver, Michael T.
AU - Slaven, James E.
AU - Stump, Timothy E.
AU - Shieh, Carol
N1 - Funding Information:
The project was supported by R01NR009810 (principal investigator, K. M. Hanna) from the National Institute of Nursing Research. The corresponding author was at the Indiana University School of Nursing when the study was conducted.
PY - 2015/8
Y1 - 2015/8
N2 - Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine the association of weight control behaviors (WCBs) with living and educational situations among emerging adults with type 1 diabetes during the first year after high school graduation. Among 184 emerging adults with type 1 diabetes, data were collected every 3 months for 12 months on WCBs, body mass index (BMI), living and educational situations; at baseline and 12 months, on impulse control; and at baseline, on sex, depressive symptoms, and glycemic control. Generalized linear models incorporated repeated measures (0, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months). No significant associations existed between WCBs and living or educational situations, when controlling for covariates. More depressive symptoms and higher BMIs were associated with a greater likelihood of involvement in unhealthy WCBs, whereas more depressive symptoms—not higher BMI—were associated with higher odds for involvement in very unhealthy WCBs. Although healthy WCBs were also associated with more depressive symptoms and higher BMIs, they were also associated with greater impulse control. Health care professionals should assess emerging adults with type 1 diabetes for WCBs along with BMI, depressive symptoms, and impulse control.
AB - Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine the association of weight control behaviors (WCBs) with living and educational situations among emerging adults with type 1 diabetes during the first year after high school graduation. Among 184 emerging adults with type 1 diabetes, data were collected every 3 months for 12 months on WCBs, body mass index (BMI), living and educational situations; at baseline and 12 months, on impulse control; and at baseline, on sex, depressive symptoms, and glycemic control. Generalized linear models incorporated repeated measures (0, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months). No significant associations existed between WCBs and living or educational situations, when controlling for covariates. More depressive symptoms and higher BMIs were associated with a greater likelihood of involvement in unhealthy WCBs, whereas more depressive symptoms—not higher BMI—were associated with higher odds for involvement in very unhealthy WCBs. Although healthy WCBs were also associated with more depressive symptoms and higher BMIs, they were also associated with greater impulse control. Health care professionals should assess emerging adults with type 1 diabetes for WCBs along with BMI, depressive symptoms, and impulse control.
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U2 - 10.1177/0145721715581667
DO - 10.1177/0145721715581667
M3 - Article
C2 - 25862681
AN - SCOPUS:84943155226
VL - 41
SP - 444
EP - 451
JO - Diabetes Educator
JF - Diabetes Educator
SN - 0145-7217
IS - 4
ER -