PMID- 30552530 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20221219 LR - 20221219 IS - 1573-3521 (Electronic) IS - 0160-7715 (Print) IS - 0160-7715 (Linking) VI - 42 IP - 3 DP - 2019 Jun TI - Out-of-home informal support important for medication adherence, diabetes distress, hemoglobin A1c among adults with type 2 diabetes. PG - 493-501 LID - 10.1007/s10865-018-0002-0 [doi] AB - Adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) often receive self-management support from adult children, siblings or close friends residing outside of their home. However, the role of out-of-home support in patients' self-management and well-being is unclear. Patients (N = 313) with HbA1c > 7.5% were recruited from community primary care clinics for a mobile health intervention trial and identified an out-of-home informal support person, herein called a CarePartner; 38% also had an in-home supporter. We tested cross-sectional adjusted associations between CarePartner relationship characteristics and patients' self-management, diabetes distress, and HbA1c and whether having an in-home supporter modified these associations. Greater CarePartner closeness was associated with a greater odds of perfect medication adherence (AOR = 1.19, p = .029), more fruit/vegetable intake (beta = 0.14, p = .018), and lower diabetes distress (beta = - 0.14, p = .012). More frequent CarePartner contact was associated with better HbA1c among patients with an in-home supporter but with worse HbA1c among patients without an in-home supporter (interaction beta = - 0.45, p = .005). Emotional closeness with a CarePartner may be important for supporting T2DM self-management and reducing diabetes distress. CarePartners may appropriately engage more frequently when patients with no in-home supporter have poorly controlled diabetes. FAU - Mayberry, Lindsay S AU - Mayberry LS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0654-4151 AD - Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA. lindsay.mayberry@vumc.org. AD - Center for Health Behavior and Health Education, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TNA, USA. lindsay.mayberry@vumc.org. FAU - Piette, John D AU - Piette JD AD - Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. AD - VA Center for Clinical Management Research, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. FAU - Lee, Aaron A AU - Lee AA AD - VA Center for Clinical Management Research, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. FAU - Aikens, James E AU - Aikens JE AD - Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. LA - eng GR - K01 DK106306/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 DK020572/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 DK092926/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R18 DK088294/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20181214 PL - United States TA - J Behav Med JT - Journal of behavioral medicine JID - 7807105 RN - 0 (Glycated Hemoglobin) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Cross-Sectional Studies MH - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/drug therapy/metabolism/psychology MH - Family Relations MH - *Glycated Hemoglobin MH - *Internal-External Control MH - *Medication Adherence/psychology MH - *Self Care/psychology MH - Self-Management MH - Social Support MH - *Telemedicine/methods MH - Adult Children PMC - PMC7036265 MID - NIHMS1558385 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Disease self-management OT - Family OT - Glycemic control OT - Informal caregivers OT - Social support OT - Type 2 diabetes COIS- Conflict of Interest: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2018/12/16 06:00 MHDA- 2020/05/29 06:00 PMCR- 2020/06/01 CRDT- 2018/12/16 06:00 PHST- 2018/07/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/12/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/12/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/05/29 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/12/16 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/06/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1007/s10865-018-0002-0 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s10865-018-0002-0 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Behav Med. 2019 Jun;42(3):493-501. doi: 10.1007/s10865-018-0002-0. Epub 2018 Dec 14.