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The Relationship between Social Capital and Quality of Life among Patients Referring to Diabetes Centers in Isfahan, Iran
BACKGROUND: Studies have shown that the relationship between social capital (SC) and quality of life (QOL) has an important role in care, prevention, and treatment of some patients. The present study was conducted with the aim to determine the relationship between social capital and QOL of patients...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5863332/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29707587 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9353858 |
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author | Keyvanara, Mahmoud Afshari, Maryam Dezfoulian, Elham |
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description | BACKGROUND: Studies have shown that the relationship between social capital (SC) and quality of life (QOL) has an important role in care, prevention, and treatment of some patients. The present study was conducted with the aim to determine the relationship between social capital and QOL of patients with type 2 diabetes. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This descriptive, correlational study was conducted on 215 individuals selected through quota sampling. To assess social capital, the Social Capital Questionnaire was used, and to evaluate the QOL of patients with type 2 diabetes, the Diabetes Quality of Life (DQOL) Brief Clinical Inventory was used. Data were analyzed using the Pearson correlation and regression analysis. RESULTS: A significant relationship was observed between QOL and social capital in patients with diabetes. Moreover, social capital explained 14% of variance in QOL and with the addition of other accompanying diseases, this was increased to 19%. CONCLUSION: The results of this study can be useful for health care providers to improve the health of patients with diabetes. They also help patients to better manage and cope with their illness. |
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spelling | pubmed-58633322018-04-29 The Relationship between Social Capital and Quality of Life among Patients Referring to Diabetes Centers in Isfahan, Iran Keyvanara, Mahmoud Afshari, Maryam Dezfoulian, Elham J Diabetes Res Research Article BACKGROUND: Studies have shown that the relationship between social capital (SC) and quality of life (QOL) has an important role in care, prevention, and treatment of some patients. The present study was conducted with the aim to determine the relationship between social capital and QOL of patients with type 2 diabetes. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This descriptive, correlational study was conducted on 215 individuals selected through quota sampling. To assess social capital, the Social Capital Questionnaire was used, and to evaluate the QOL of patients with type 2 diabetes, the Diabetes Quality of Life (DQOL) Brief Clinical Inventory was used. Data were analyzed using the Pearson correlation and regression analysis. RESULTS: A significant relationship was observed between QOL and social capital in patients with diabetes. Moreover, social capital explained 14% of variance in QOL and with the addition of other accompanying diseases, this was increased to 19%. CONCLUSION: The results of this study can be useful for health care providers to improve the health of patients with diabetes. They also help patients to better manage and cope with their illness. Hindawi 2018-03-07 /pmc/articles/PMC5863332/ /pubmed/29707587 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9353858 Text en Copyright © 2018 Mahmoud Keyvanara et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Keyvanara, Mahmoud Afshari, Maryam Dezfoulian, Elham The Relationship between Social Capital and Quality of Life among Patients Referring to Diabetes Centers in Isfahan, Iran |
title | The Relationship between Social Capital and Quality of Life among Patients Referring to Diabetes Centers in Isfahan, Iran |
title_full | The Relationship between Social Capital and Quality of Life among Patients Referring to Diabetes Centers in Isfahan, Iran |
title_fullStr | The Relationship between Social Capital and Quality of Life among Patients Referring to Diabetes Centers in Isfahan, Iran |
title_full_unstemmed | The Relationship between Social Capital and Quality of Life among Patients Referring to Diabetes Centers in Isfahan, Iran |
title_short | The Relationship between Social Capital and Quality of Life among Patients Referring to Diabetes Centers in Isfahan, Iran |
title_sort | relationship between social capital and quality of life among patients referring to diabetes centers in isfahan, iran |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5863332/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29707587 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9353858 |
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