Social network type and long-term condition management support: A cross-sectional study in six European countries

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Vassilev, Ivaylo ^a   Rogers, Anne ^a   Kennedy, Anne ^a   Wensing, Michel ^b   Koetsenruijter, Jan ^c   Orlando, Rosanna ^a   Portillo, Maria Carmen ^a   Culliford, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BULGARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EMOTION; FAMILY RELATION; GREECE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; NETHERLANDS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SELF MONITORING; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; BULGARIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENT; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84984679692     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161027     Document Type: Article

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