Relationship between patient activation, experienced stigma, and internalised weight stigma in people with type 2 diabetes
Authors' conclusion
Greater degrees of self-stigma were associated with lower degrees of participant activation and poorer glycaemic self-management. The exploratory findings indicate the need for increased efforts to reduce stigma, identify, and provide appropriate support and encouragement to participants with lower activation.
Study context
- Population
- US adults with T2D
- Participants
- 857 adults
- Outcome
- Patient activation, weight and diabetes stigma, self-management
Methodological detailsobservational, survey-based
- Observational
- Survey-based
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Lower activation (lower IMPACT-D™ scores) associated with greater weight self-stigma (Weight Self-Stigma Questionnaire (WSSQ) scores) vs higher activation
- High weight-related self-stigma (WSSQ): more self-stigma (high Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (Brief-IPQ), Diabetes Stigma Assessment Scale (DSAS-2)), lower activation and poorer glycaemic self-management (lower IMPACT-D™, Diabetes Self-Management Questionnaire (DSMQ)) vs less self-stigma
- Higher self-stigma (high WSSQ and DSAS-2) in those who faced weight-related stigma vs those who did not
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Relationship between patient activation, experienced stigma, and internalised weight stigma in people with type 2 diabetes. Diabet Med. Published 25 December 2025. doi:10.
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