Table 2.

The results of the hypothesized relationships between social support, religiosity, self-management and self-rated health for older Mexicans with diabetes

Variables	Health	Self-management
Social support variables
Emotional support spouse	Significant	Significant
Emotional support children	Not significant	Not significant
Emotional support coworkers	Not significant	Not significant
Instrumental support	Not significant	Not significant
Support network	Not significant	Not significant
Religiosity	Not significant	Significant
Self-management	Significant	N/A

Emotional support from spouse had a direct effect on self-management and health. Religiosity had only a significant effect on self-management. Religiosity showed a marginality significant indirect effect through self-management on health. No indirect effects between social support and health were found