Relationship between glycemic control and perceived family support among people with type 2 diabetes mellitus seen in a rich kinship network in Southwest Nigeria
作者机构：Family Medicine DepartmentFederal Medical CentreAbeokutaNigeria
出 版 物：《Family Medicine and Community Health》 (家庭医学与社区卫生（英文）)
年 卷 期：2018年第6卷第4期
页 面：168-177页
学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学]
主 题：Glycaemic control perceived family support type 2 DM kinship Nigeria
摘 要：Objective:The practice of diabetes self-care behaviors has been cited as a foundation for achieving optimal glycemic *** motivation of people with diabetes mellitus is,howev-er,needed for the performance of these *** is therefore pertinent to know if motivation by the family will improve glycemic control in people with type 2 diabetes *** study aimed to investigate the relationship between glycemic control and perceived family support among Ni-gerians with type 2 diabetes ***:A cross-sectional study was conduced on 316 adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus who attended a medical outpatient *** were collected through a pretested interviewer-administered questionnaire and a standardized tool(Perceived Social Support-Family scale).Hemoglobin A1c level was used as an indicator of glycemic ***:The proportion of participants with good glycemic control was 40.6%.Most of the participants(137,43.8%)had strong perceived family *** perceived family support(P=0.00001,odds ratio 112.51)was an independent predictor of good glycemic ***:This study shows that strong perception of family support is a predictor of gly-cemic control among the adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus *** working in sub-Saharan African countries with rich kinship networks should harness the available family support of people with type 2 diabetes mellitus in their management.
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