title: [Influence of coping style and social support on quality of life in patients with impaired glucose tolerance].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore how coping style and social support influence the quality of life in patients with impaired glucose tolerance, which act respectively as the internal and external mediating ways.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 283 patients with impaired glucose tolerance from 6 Three-A hospitals in China were surveyed with self-rating anxiety scale, self-rating depression scale, trait coping style questionnaire, social support scale, and WHOQOL-BREF.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Biographic data failed to predict the quality of life in patients with impaired glucose tolerance, while anxiety, depression, social support and coping style significantly influenced their quality of life.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The fact that emotional disorder, social support and coping style influence the quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes also exists in patients with impaired glucose tolerance.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875; 2. Beijing Key Lab for Applied Experimental Psychology, Beijing 100875,China.
authors.forename: Jianping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Han
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Qingrong
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Chengge
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Xumei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xueli
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001007:Anxiety; D002681:China; D003863:Depression; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; D018149:Glucose Intolerance / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D011788:Quality of Life; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires