Social support and self-management capabilities in diabetes patients: An international observational study

Highlights • Contextual influences are important for self-management capabilities. • A third of the patients participated in community organisations. • Larger informational support networks were positively related to self-management capabilities. • Self-management interventions should take patients’...

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Veröffentlicht in:Patient education and counseling 2016-04, Vol.99 (4), p.638-643
Hauptverfasser: Koetsenruijter, Jan, van Eikelenboom, Nathalie, van Lieshout, Jan, Vassilev, Ivo, Lionis, Christos, Todorova, Elka, Portillo, Mari Carmen, Foss, Christina, Serrano Gil, Manuel, Roukova, Poli, Angelaki, Agapi, Mujika, Agurtzane, Knutsen, Ingrid Ruud, Rogers, Anne, Wensing, Michel
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Contextual influences are important for self-management capabilities. • A third of the patients participated in community organisations. • Larger informational support networks were positively related to self-management capabilities. • Self-management interventions should take patients’ informational support networks into account.
ISSN:0738-3991
1873-5134
DOI:10.1016/j.pec.2015.10.029