Identifying the social capital influencing diabetes care and dementia care

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K19146
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Medical sociology
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: Suematsu Mina 名古屋大学, 医学系研究科, 寄附講座講師 (10728744)
• Research Collaborator: YAMADA YOHEI ; HIDA TAKESHI ; ABE KEIKO ; YASUI HIROKI ; UEMURA KAZUMASA ; MUROTANI KENTA ; MITANI YUKIO ; ASAI TOSHINOBU ; HISATOMI MITSURO ; MISHIMA NOBUHIKO ; IWATA TETSUYA
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: ソーシャルキャピタル / 糖尿病コントロール / 主観的達成度 / 自己効力感 / 「甘え」 / 周囲からの支援 / 好きな事への参加

Outline of Final Research Achievements

SC questionnaires were constructed. The subjects were adult patients with type 2 diabetes. Information on diabetic conditions, such as HbA1c, self-attainment of exercise (SAE) and diet (SAD), and complications were collected. The reliability coefficients for the SC questionnaire and factor analysis of SC were conducted. Multiple and logistic regressions were used to identify the influence of SC on diabetes control. Sixty-five patients participated in this study. Factor analysis extracted the factors “hope to be helped (HH),” “participation in favorite events (PFE),” “sense of belonging (SB),” and “social movement (SM).” HH includes amae, which negatively affected self-efficacy that correlates with diabetes control. Therefore, higher HH might cause higher levels of HbA1c. PFE reduces distress and contributes to glucose control. Reduced distress through PFE might prevent complications. HH and PFE were identified as SC that influences diabetes control.

Free Research Field

医学教育、糖尿病内分泌