Social Support and Health in Diabetes Patients: An Observational Study in Six European Countries in an Era of Austerity.

Social Support and Health in Diabetes Patients: An Observational Study in Six European Countries in an Era of Austerity.

Support from individual social networks, community organizations and neighborhoods is associated with better self-management and health outcomes. This international study examined the relative impact of different types of support on health and health-related behaviors in patients with type 2 diabete...

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Main Authors: Jan Koetsenruijter, Jan van Lieshout, Christos Lionis, Maria Carmen Portillo, Ivo Vassilev, Elka Todorova, Christina Foss, Manuel Serrano Gil, Ingrid Ruud Knutsen, Agapi Angelaki, Agurtzane Mujika, Poli Roukova, Anne Kennedy, Anne Rogers, Michel Wensing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4549295?pdf=render

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