Affiliation:
1. Jinzhou Medical University
2. Shanxi Medical University
3. The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinzhou Medical University
Abstract
Abstract
Objectives
This study would investigate the role of fear of progression in mediating the relationship between family APGAR and alexithymia.
Methods
A convenience sampling method was used to survey 402 elderly patients with type 2 diabetes in a hospital of Liaoning province. They were surveyed using the general demographic questionnaire, twenty-item Toronto alexithymia scale (TAS-20), family APGAR scale, and fear of progression questionnaire-short form (FoP-Q-SF).
Results
Family APGAR has a negative correlation with alexithymia (r=-0.364, p < 0.01). The fear of progression was positively correlated with alexithymia (r = 0.777, p < 0.01). The mediating effect of fear of progression accounted for 61.17% of the total effect.
Conclusions
This study had shown that the fear of progression plays a mediating role in reducing alexithymia in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes.
Publisher
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