Do supportive family behaviors promote diabetes self-management in resource limited urban settings? A cross sectional study

Abstract Background Self-management is an essential component of prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes. Social and family support has been shown to influence self-management behaviors as well as glycemic control and complications. This study was conducted to assess whether diabetes family supp...

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Main Authors: Saranya Ravi, Swetha Kumar, Vijayaprasad Gopichandran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-018-5766-1