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Spiritual well-being is considered a significant factor in helping to manage chronic diseases and cope with the disease process. This descriptive-correlational study aimed to investigate the relationship between spiritual well-being, diabetes burden, self-management, and among 300 outpatients with type 2 diabetes in Turkey. A significant relationship was found between the diabetes burden and self-management levels and the spiritual well-being of patients with diabetes (p < 0.005). Multiple linear regression analyses found that a high diabetes burden (ß = −0.106) decreased well-being, and high self-management increased well-being (ß = 0.415). Additionally, the results revealed that marital status, household members, performing daily life activities alone, hospitalization due to complications, diabetes burden, self-management, glycemic control, and blood lipid parameters explained 29% of the total variance in the spiritual well-being level. Accordingly, the present study recommended that health professionals should consider spiritual well-being to support disease management with a holistic approach to diabetes patients.
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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection, and analysis were performed by MGE, SC, MC, BY, and FCO. The first draft of the manuscript was written by MGE and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Conceptualization: MGE, SC, MC, BY, and FCO; methodology: MGE, SC, MC, BY; formal analysis and investigation: MGE, FCO; writing—original draft preparation: MGE; writing—review and editing: MGE, SC; supervision: SC.
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Gulbahar Eren, M., Celik, S., Celik, M. et al. Spiritual Well-being, Diabetes Burden, Self-management, and Glycemic Control Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Turkey: A Descriptive and Correlational Study. J Relig Health 62, 4363–4381 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-023-01783-x
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