The relationship between social support and self-care behavior in patients with diabetes mellitus

Sarpooshi, Davood Robat; Mahdizadeh, Mehrsadat; Jaferi, Alireza; Robatsarpooshi, Hamid; Haddadi, Mohammad; Peyman, Nooshin

doi:10.5114/fmpcr.2021.105932

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“…While 58.9% of the respondents felt they received adequate emotional support, 57% adequate informational support, and 57% adequate tangible support from their caregivers, put all together, only 30.6% of the study respondents were receiving adequate social support from their primary caregivers at the time of the study. This is an unfortunate situation given that the better the quality of social support provided, the better the adherence to diabetes self-care behaviors, ultimately leading to improved blood sugar control and diabetes complications [ 38 ]. In Ethiopia, for example, social support was reported to improve self-management adherence and glycemic level control [ 9 ].…”

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A cross-sectional study on the association between varied social support modalities and glycemic levels amongst diabetic patients residing in Machakos County, Kenya

Kiarie,

Mambo,

Kamundi

2023

Pan Afr Med J

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Introduction diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs either when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces. While there's increasing evidence that social support from caregivers improves health outcomes in chronic illness management, the potential associations of the different types of social support and glycemic control among Type II diabetes clients have largely been ignored in Kenya. This cross-sectional study sought to establish the association between tangible, emotional, and informational social support and glycemic levels among clients diagnosed with Type II diabetes in Machakos County, Kenya. Methods semi-structured interviews were conducted with 726 randomly selected Type II diabetes clients enrolled in diabetes care and treatment programs in government-owned public health facilities in Masinga and Matungulu sub-counties, Machakos, Kenya. Descriptive statistics and multinomial logistic regression were conducted to elucidate any associations. Results seventy-three percent (73%) of the respondents were female, and 27% were male, with the majority (77.9%) being above 50 years and having lived with diabetes for over 3 years (61.5%). Opportunities for social support existed, with 62% of the respondents living with more than 2 persons above 18 in their households. From the Random Blood Glucose test analysis, 38.9% of the clients had high glycemic levels, partly because the majority (66.9%) of the respondents did not practice good diabetes self-management practices at the time of the study. While all three types of social support were reported as provided, only 30.6% reported receiving adequate social support. An association was found between social support and glycemic levels with respondents receiving adequate informational- P<0.05, OR 1.92, emotional -P<0.05, OR 3.7, and tangible support -P<0.05, OR 4.1 more likely to have better glycemic control than those with inadequate support. Conclusion clients receiving adequate informational, emotional, and tangible social support were 2, 4, and 4 times, respectively, likely to have better glycemic control than those with inadequate support. Of the three types of social support, tangible support was most needed. Ultimately, a greater understanding of these interactions through longitudinal studies is required to identify solutions and optimize glycaemic control for diabetes clients in Kenya and beyond.

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A cross-sectional study on the association between varied social support modalities and glycemic levels amongst diabetic patients residing in Machakos County, Kenya

Kiarie,

Mambo,

Kamundi

2023

Pan Afr Med J

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“…the assistance that patients receive from their family, friends and other people improves their optimism and self-esteem. thus, the patient's health behaviour is improved, and as a result, medication adherence also improves [10,11].…”

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Medication adherence, medication beliefs and social support among illiterate and low-literate community-dwelling older adults with polypharmacy

Ghassab-Abdollahi,

NADRIAN,

Shaseb

et al. 2023

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Background. polypharmacy can be an area of concern for the older population. a set of internal and external factors determine the degree of adherence to treatment in older adults. Objectives. We aimed to investigate whether medication belief and social support, taking into account the role of socio-demographic and clinical factors, are predictors of medication adherence among illiterate, low-literate community-dwelling older adults with polypharmacy. Material and methods. a cross-sectional study was conducted in the health centres of tabriz-iran in 2022. the data was collected using the socio-demographic and clinical questionnaires, Morisky, Green and levine's adherence scale, belief about Medicines Questionnaire (bMQ) and the Multidimensional scale of perceived social support (Mspss). hierarchical Multiple linear regression analysis was used to identify medication adherence predictors based on a conceptual framework. Results. the final sample size was 318 people. the results showed that age, education years, medication satisfaction, side effects of medications, doctor checkups, medication belief and social support were significant predictors of medication adherence. the necessity part of medication belief had a negative significant relationship, and the concern part had a positive significant relationship with medication adherence. Conclusions. a strong belief along with sufficient social support could be a good predictor of medication adherence. the results showed that elementary education has a positive relationship with people's medication adherence, even among low-literacy populations. the development of literacy movement programmes within communities to promote primary education among illiterate older adults is recommended. our findings also highlight the importance of improving patient-physician communication skills and clear communication in the formation of patients' behaviour.

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The relationship between social support and self-care behavior in patients with diabetes mellitus

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A cross-sectional study on the association between varied social support modalities and glycemic levels amongst diabetic patients residing in Machakos County, Kenya

A cross-sectional study on the association between varied social support modalities and glycemic levels amongst diabetic patients residing in Machakos County, Kenya

Medication adherence, medication beliefs and social support among illiterate and low-literate community-dwelling older adults with polypharmacy

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