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| Title |
Relationship among social support, treatment adherence and metabolic control of diabetes mellitus patients
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| Published in |
Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, April 2012
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| DOI | 10.1590/s0104-11692012000100008 |
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| Authors |
Lilian Cristiane Gomes-Villas Boas, Milton Cesar Foss, Maria Cristina Foss de Freitas, Ana Emília Pace |
| Abstract |
This cross-sectional and quantitative study aimed to analyze the relationship among social support, adherence to non-pharmacological (diet and physical exercise) and pharmacological treatments (insulin and/or oral anti-diabetic medication) and clinical and metabolic control of 162 type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. Data were collected through instruments validated for Brazil. Social support was directly correlated with treatment adherence. Adherence to non-pharmacological treatment was inversely correlated with body mass index, and medication adherence was inversely correlated with diastolic blood pressure. There were no associations between social support and clinical and metabolic control variables. Findings indicate that social support can be useful to achieve treatment adherence. Studies with other designs should be developed to broaden the analysis of relations between social support and other variables. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 92 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 12 | 13% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 7 | 8% |
| Other | 2 | 2% |
| Researcher | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 5 | 5% |
| Unknown | 51 | 55% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 14 | 15% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 14 | 15% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 3 | 3% |
| Sports and Recreations | 3 | 3% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 5 | 5% |
| Unknown | 52 | 56% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 May 2017.
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#8,261,756
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#160
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#55,583
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