Social Support and Health in Diabetes Patients: An Observational Study in Six European Countries in an Era of Austerity

Jan Koetsenruijter; Jan van Lieshout; Christos Lionis; Maria Carmen Portillo; Ivo Vassilev; Elka Todorova; Christina Foss; Manuel Serrano Gil; Ingrid Ruud Knutsen; Agapi Angelaki; Agurtzane Mujika; Poli Roukova; Anne Kennedy; Anne Rogers; Michel Wensing

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0135079

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Social Support and Health in Diabetes Patients: An Observational Study in Six European Countries in an Era of Austerity

Jan Koetsenruijter ,

* E-mail: Jan.Koetsenruijter@radboudumc.nl

Affiliation Radboud university medical center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Department of IQ healthcare, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Jan van Lieshout,

Affiliation Radboud university medical center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Department of IQ healthcare, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Christos Lionis,

Affiliation Clinic of Social and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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Maria Carmen Portillo,

Affiliation School of Nursing, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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Ivo Vassilev,

Affiliation NIHR Wessex CLAHRC, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom
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Elka Todorova,

Affiliation Department of Economic Sociology, University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Christina Foss,

Affiliation University of Oslo, Institute for Health and Society, Oslo, Norway
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Manuel Serrano Gil,

Affiliation Education, Health and Society Foundation, Murcia, Spain
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Ingrid Ruud Knutsen,

Affiliation University of Oslo, Institute for Health and Society, Oslo, Norway
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Agapi Angelaki,

Affiliation Clinic of Social and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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Agurtzane Mujika,

Affiliation School of Nursing, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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Poli Roukova,

Affiliation University of Oslo, Institute for Health and Society, Oslo, Norway
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Anne Kennedy,

Affiliation NIHR Wessex CLAHRC, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom
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Anne Rogers,

Affiliation NIHR Wessex CLAHRC, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom
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Michel Wensing

Affiliation Radboud university medical center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Department of IQ healthcare, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Social Support and Health in Diabetes Patients: An Observational Study in Six European Countries in an Era of Austerity

Jan Koetsenruijter,
Jan van Lieshout,
Christos Lionis,
Maria Carmen Portillo,
Ivo Vassilev,
Elka Todorova,
Christina Foss,
Manuel Serrano Gil,
Ingrid Ruud Knutsen,
Agapi Angelaki

Published: August 25, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0135079

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