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SUBMITTER: Rosland AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4218888 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rosland Ann Marie AM Piette John D JD Lyles Courtney R CR Parker Melissa M MM Moffet Howard H HH Adler Nancy E NE Schillinger Dean D Karter Andrew J AJ
Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine 20141201 3
<h4>Background</h4>In chronic illness self-care, social support may influence some health behaviors more than others.<h4>Purpose</h4>Examine social support's association with seven individual chronic illness self-management behaviors: two healthy "lifestyle" behaviors (physical activity, diet) and five more highly skilled and diabetes-specific (medical) behaviors (checking feet, oral medication adherence, insulin adherence, self-monitored blood glucose, primary care appointment attendance).<h4>M ...[more]