title: Physical activity, obesity, nutritional health and quality of life in low-income Hispanic adults with diabetes.
abstract: The study examined relationships among age, body mass index (BMI), physical activity, nutritional health, quality of life, and health-related quality of life in Hispanic adults with diabetes (N = 59) using the PRECEDE-PROCEED planning model as a framework. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews at clinics and communities. A regression model with predisposing factors (age, BMI), and behavior (nutritional health and physical activity) significantly predicted quality of life (R(2) = 0.21, F = 3.63, p < .05) explaining 21% of variance. Physical activity and nutrition were the strongest predictors. Culturally competent intervention strategies must include factors that improve and enhance quality of life.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402, USA. jie_hu@uncg.edu
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Debra C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Wallace
authors.forename: Anita S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Tesh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D015984:Causality; D003152:Community Health Nursing; D054521:Cultural Competency; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications / Q000208:ethnology*; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009752:Nutritional Status; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000208:ethnology*; D011203:Poverty / Q000208:ethnology; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D015144:Southeastern United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires