Does social support effect knowledge and diabetes self-management practices in older persons with Type 2 diabetes attending primary care clinics in Cape Town, South Africa?

• Mahmoud M. Werfalli,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Chronic Disease Initiative for Africa, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

  ⨯
• Sebastiana Z. Kalula ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Sebastiana.Kalula@uct.ac.za

  Affiliation Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, The Albertina and Walter Sisulu Institute of Ageing in Africa, Cape Town, South Africa

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5371-0204

  ⨯
• Kathryn Manning,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Diabetic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

  ⨯
• Naomi S. Levitt

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Chronic Disease Initiative for Africa, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

  ⨯