Social support and patient adherence to medical treatment: a meta-analysis.

By M. Dimatteo. Health Psychology, 2004

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A developmental-contextual model of couples coping with chronic illness across the adult life span. (2007, positive): “Similarly, social support can reduce the physiological effects of stress through appraisal processes (Uchino, 2004) and facilitate more positive health practices (e.g., obtaining preventive health screenings, seeking earlier treatment; Berkman, 1995; DiMatteo, 2004).”
The epidemiology, pathophysiology, and management of psychosocial risk factors in cardiac practice: the emerging field of behavioral cardiology. (2005, background): “Similarly, a recent meta-analysis of 122 social support tudies (85) has revealed that patient adherence is strongly nfluenced by the magnitude of adequate functional or tructural social support.”
Marital quality and health: A meta-analytic review (2013, background): “Several mechanisms may explain how marital functioning influences health behaviors, including modeling, social control, stress-buffering, and effects on personal resources like self-efficacy or self-regulation (DiMatteo, 2004; Lewis & Butterfield, 2007; Lewis & Rook, 1999).”
Social Support Benefits Psychological Adjustment of International Students: Evidence From a Meta-Analysis (2019, background): “Among various nonmigrant populations, an overall positive association between social support and health has been reported by multiple meta-analyses including adult general population samples (Wang, Wu, & Liu, 2003), children and adolescents (Chu, Saucier, & Hafner, 2010), individuals in organization”
A Review and Meta-Analysis of Person-Centered Messages and Social Support Outcomes (2012, methodology): “Another meta-analysis focusing on emotional support found an effect of r¼ .15 on indices of patient adherence to medical treatment (DiMatteo, 2004).”
Mini Meta-Analysis of Your Own Studies: Some Arguments on Why and a Primer on How (2016, methodology): “12267 studies involved ( for illustration of this method, see DiMatteo, 2004).”
Advances in Families and Health Research in the 21st Century (2010, background): “Spouses monitor each other’s behaviors; thus, marriage is associated with a reduction in unhealthy practices, including substance use, smoking, and poor diet, and greater compliance with medication regimens (DiMatteo, 2004).”
Understanding the Links Between Social Support and Physical Health: A Life-Span Perspective With Emphasis on the Separability of Perceived and Received Support (2009, background): “These positive profiles are, in turn, predicted to be associated with health via distinct mechanisms, especially proactive coping (Aspinwall & Taylor, 1997), but also via healthy behavioral choices and cooperation with medical regimens (DiMatteo, 2004).”
The role of family support in work-family balance and subjective well-being of SME owners (2020, background): “Recognizing the complex nature of social support (Deelstra et al., 2003; DiMatteo, 2004), we took this issue a step further by examining instrumental and emotional support separately.”
Health Literacy and Adherence to Medical Treatment in Chronic and Acute Illness: A Meta-Analysis (2016, background): “On average 25%, of patients are nonadherent to prevention and disease management activities including medication taking, appointment keeping, screening, exercise, and dietary changes [4].”
The correlation of social support with mental health: A meta-analysis (2017, background): “(In a meta-analysis, 122 research studies on relationship between structural or functional social support with patient adherence to medical regimens were examined (17).”