TY - JOUR AU - Sugiyama, Takehiro AU - Steers, William Neil AU - Wenger, Neil S. AU - Duru, Obidiugwu Kenrik AU - Mangione, Carol M. PY - 2015 DA - 2015/03/22 TI - Effect of a community-based diabetes self-management empowerment program on mental health-related quality of life: a causal mediation analysis from a randomized controlled trial JO - BMC Health Services Research SP - 115 VL - 15 IS - 1 AB - There is a paucity of evidence supporting the effectiveness of diabetes self-management education (DSME) in improving mental health-related quality of life (HRQoL) for African American and Latinos. Also, among studies supporting the favorable effects of DSME on mental HRQoL, the direct effect of DSME that is independent of improved glycemic control has never been investigated. The objectives of this study were to investigate the effect of community-based DSME intervention targeting empowerment on mental HRQoL and to determine whether the effect is direct or mediated by glycemic control. SN - 1472-6963 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-0779-2 DO - 10.1186/s12913-015-0779-2 ID - Sugiyama2015 ER -