The Impact of social support on outcomes in adult patients with type 2 diabetes: A systematic review

Current Diabetes Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 769-781

  Strom, Joni L ^a,b   Egede, Leonard E ^a,b,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Glycemic control; Psychosocial factors; Social support; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

APGAR SCORE; COMORBIDITY; ETHNICITY; ETHNOGRAPHY; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

COUNSELING; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870673399     PISSN: 15344827     EISSN: 15390829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11892-012-0317-0     Document Type: Review

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