Type 2 diabetes and health-related quality of life among older Medicare beneficiaries: The mediating role of sleep

To examine mediating effects of sleep quality and duration on the association between T2D and QoL among Medicare beneficiaries 65+. Data from the Medicare Health Outcome Survey (2015–2020) were used. The outcome was QoL (physical and mental health component-summary scores [PCS and MCS]) measured by...

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Published in:Sleep medicine 2024-05, Vol.117, p.209-215
Main Authors: Narcisse, Marie-Rachelle, McElfish, Pearl A., Schootman, Mario, Selig, James P., Kirkland, Tracie, McFarlane, Samy I., Felix, Holly C., Seixas, Azizi, Jean-Louis, Girardin
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Language:English
Subjects:
Mediation-moderation analysis
Medicare beneficiaries
Medicare health outcomes survey
Older adults
Quality of life
Racial/ethnic disparities
Sleep duration
Sleep quality
Type 2 diabetes
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Summary:To examine mediating effects of sleep quality and duration on the association between T2D and QoL among Medicare beneficiaries 65+. Data from the Medicare Health Outcome Survey (2015–2020) were used. The outcome was QoL (physical and mental health component-summary scores [PCS and MCS]) measured by the Veterans-Rand-12. The main predictor was diagnosed T2D. Mediators were sleep duration and sleep quality. The effect modifier was race/ethnicity. Structural Equation Modeling was used to estimate moderated-mediating effects of sleep quality and duration across race/ethnicity. Of the 746,400 Medicare beneficiaries, 26.7% had T2D, and mean age was 76 years (SD ± 6.9). Mean PCS score was 40 (SD ± 12.2), and mean MCS score was 54.0 (SD ± 10.2). Associations of T2D with PCS and MCS were negative and significant. For all racial/ethnic groups, those with T2D reported lower PCS. For White, Black, Asian, and Hispanic beneficiaries only, those with T2D reported lower MCS. The negative impact of T2D on PCS and MCS was mediated through sleep quality, especially very bad sleep quality. Improving sleep may lead to improvement in QoL in elderly adults with T2D. •T2D is associated with lower physical and mental QoL in all racial/ethnic groups.•Bad sleep mediates the T2D-Physical QoL link regardless of race/ethnicity.•Sleep may enhance QoL in elderly adults with T2D depending on their race/ethnicity.
ISSN:1389-9457
1878-5506
1878-5506
DOI:10.1016/j.sleep.2024.03.015