Table 1 Overview of measures in patient questionnaire (English versions)

Outcome measures

SF-12v2 4-week recall

Functional health status

12

http://www.qualitymetric.com/WhatWeDo/SFHealthSurveys/SF12v2HealthSurvey/tabid/186/Default.aspx

European social survey

Well-being

2

http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/

Rapid assessment of physical activity

Physical activity

9

http://depts.washington.edu/hprc/rapa

The summary of diabetes self-care activities

Selfcare behaviour and life style

12

http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/23/7/943.full.pdf

Morisky medication adherence scale

Medication adherence

4

https://www.gem-beta.org/public/MeasureDetail.aspx?mid=1133&cat=2

HEIQ V3.0; self monitoring and insight

Selfcare cognitions

6

http://www.deakin.edu.au/health/research/phi/heiQ.php

HEIQ V3.0; skill and technique acquisition

Selfcare cognitions

4

http://www.deakin.edu.au/health/research/phi/heiQ.php

Inter-mediate measures

Diabetes Health Care Utilization questionnaire

Received medical and social care

5

http://patienteducation.stanford.edu/research/utilizdiabetes.html

Age, sex, family situation, education, employment status, sick leave, ethnicity, housing, global household income and comorbidities

Demographic data

14

Independent measures

Involvement in regional or national support organisations

2

Name generator using probes

Network members delivering support

3

Pre-defined broad domains: information, treatment, day to day tasks, emotional support

Types of delivered support by network members

3

Gender, age, and type of connection

Network members characteristics

6

Relations between network members

Ego-network

1