SOCIAL SUPPORT AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF PATIENTS WITH T2D: A REVIEW

APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY - HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease and has been found to have an extremely significant presence across the globe and more so in India. A lot of research has been done in the clinical area per se on men and women suffering from this chronic illness. The basic purpose of this review is to find out the psychological aspects that may have a major contribution towards the self-management of T2D. The psychological concepts considered for this specific review are social support and quality of life. Social support is perceived to be playing a key role in self-management of the disease. Social support may include the help that is extended by immediate family or even by friends in the daily management of the disease. It could also be inclusive of the support extended by the health care system in the form of doctors, nurses and other health care professionals. This kind of social support attained, it is hypothesized to have a positive effect on one’s quality of life and management of diabetes. This review is aimed towards understanding the research that has been done in the two areas of social support and quality of life and the role they play in self-management of diabetes. It has been concluded that real and virtual support contributes greatly towards the patients experiencing a better quality of life.

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