Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8658736 | Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews | 2018 | 16 Pages |
Abstract
Social capital has been included as an element that could influence the self-perception of health, mortality and mental diseases. We systematically reviewed papers that studied the influence of social capital in the control of diabetes mellitus (DM). We included studies published up to Feb. 16, 2017, without restriction of time or year of publication. Quantitative studies were included since they presented one well-defined parameter to evaluate DM and specifically measured social capital. We used the PRISMA and STROBE guidelines to perform this review and to evaluate the quality of papers. Only three papers met the inclusion criteria. All studies adopted cross-sectional design. The population, the instruments used to measure social capital, and the statistical analysis were different among the papers. In conclusion, although social capital seems to be related to DM, more studies are necessary to understand which dimensions are more important in this association, if the association is the same at the individual or neighborhood level, and what kind of population in terms of education, poverty and culture would be more influenced by social capital in DM control.
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Authors
Cristina Rabelo Flôr, Nayara Ragi Baldoni, Jéssica Azevedo Aquino, André Oliveira Baldoni, Amaury Lelis Dal Fabbro, Roberta Carvalho Figueiredo, Cláudia Di Lorenzo Oliveira,