Unmet Needs for Social Support and Effects on Diabetes Self-care Activities

The purpose of this study was (1) to characterize the primary sources of social support and the extent of unmet needs for support (defined as the gap between social sup-port needs and the receipt of social support) in a sample of Korean Americans (KAs) with type 2 diabetes and (2) to examine the effect of unmet needs for support on their self-care activities. Methods Baseline data obtained from a community-based inter-vention trial were used for this study of 83 middle-aged KAs with type 2 diabetes. Study design and data analysis were guided by social cognitive theory. The key variables were dictated the order of the variables in multivariate regression analysis. Result