Outcomes measure
T2D, diabetes
DIABETES, DIABETES

People with T2D’s perceived support status (subscales: support needed, support received and support attitude): The diabetes care profile (DCP) support scale developed by the Michigan Diabetes Research Centre to measure the social and psychosocial factors of diabetes and its treatmentThe psychometric testing of DCP support–Afaan Oromoo scale results reveals an acceptable reliability with Cronbach’s alpha of 0.75. Whilst the support needed scale showed good reliability (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.81), the support received (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.75) and support attitudes (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.71) scales showed acceptable reliabilityThe family caregiver’s supportive behaviour: Family behaviour is a pattern of behaviour that a family uses for dealing with family situations