TY - JOUR T1 - Adults with diabetes who perceive family members’ behaviour as unsupportive are less adherent to their medication regimen JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 15 LP - 16 DO - 10.1136/eb-2012-100947 VL - 16 IS - 1 AU - Richard W Grant AU - Julie A Schmittdiel Y1 - 2013/01/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/16/1/15.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Mayberry LS, Osborn CY. Family support, medication adherence, and glycemic control among adults with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care 2012;35:1239–45. Understanding the family dynamics is crucial to improve diabetes management. Family members can both support and sabotage the patient's self-management efforts. Adults with type 2 diabetes see their physician more often than most other patients. National survey data indicate that the typical patient with diabetes will have seven to nine appointments in a year with their primary provider and additional visits with specialists, nurses and educators.1 Added together over the course of a year clinical care interactions represent <1% of an individual's daily life. For the other 99% of the time, people must self-manage their disease within the context of their families, workplaces and communities. … ER -