8. CHIDOZIE-EMMANUEL MBADA
Information acquired: 2025
CHIDOZIE-EMMANUEL MBADA is an academic who published a paper in 2022 entitled The Mediating Role of Sedentary Behaviour in the Relationship Between Social Support and Depression. CHIDOZIE-EMMANUEL MBADA published this work as part of a team: Ademoyegun, Adekola Babatunde. Here is a description of this work: Background and objective: The underlying mechanisms for the well-established link between social support and depression remain less understood. This study examined the mediating role of sedentary behaviour (SB) in the relationship between social support (SS) and depression among individuals with diabetes. Methods: A total of 250 consenting individuals with diabetes attending endocrinology clinic in a Nigerian tertiary hospital were recruited. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, and Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale were used to collect data on SB, SS and depression respectively. Mediation analysis was performed with hierarchical multiple regression and PROCESS Macro for SPSS. Alpha level was set at p 0.05. R.