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The Effect of Religious Coping on Disease Acceptance and Management Among Patients with Diabetes in Turkey

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Religious coping is considered an important factor for assisting with the management of chronic diseases. This study was conducted to determine the relationship between religious coping and disease acceptance and management among patients with diabetes. A total of 504 individuals with type 2 diabetes were included in this descriptive-correlational study. In this study, individuals who did not use their medications regularly, those who did not pay attention to their diet and those who did not exercise regularly had higher levels of positive religious coping. No significant relationship was found between the level of acceptance of illness and religious coping styles among participants with diabetes. However, it was found out that there was a positive relationship between HbA1C levels and the mean score of positive religious coping and positive religious coping accounted for 7% of the total variance in the glycemic control parameter.

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  1. Hamidiye Faculty of Nursing, University of Health Sciences Turkey, Selimiye Mah. Tıbbiye Cad. No:38, 34668, Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey

    Selda Celik

  2. Department of Internal Disease Nursing, Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Health High School of Susehri, 58140, Sivas, Turkey

    Feride Taskin Yilmaz

  3. University of Health Sciences, Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Education and Research Hospital - Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

    Gulden Anataca

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Celik, S., Taskin Yilmaz, F. & Anataca, G. The Effect of Religious Coping on Disease Acceptance and Management Among Patients with Diabetes in Turkey. J Relig Health 61, 1980–1993 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-021-01260-3

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