Aslan, Gamze YıldızTekir, ÖzlemYıldız, Hicran2024-06-102024-06-102021-01-012602-30322602-3040https://doi.org/10.17826/cumj.795338https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/cumj/issue/59504/795338https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/1292033https://hdl.handle.net/11452/41916Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between family support and quality of life in individuals with diabetes.Materials and Methods: The universe of the study consisted of individuals receiving treatment in the Endocrinology Clinic of Balikesir State Hospital. On the other hand, the sample of the study was made up of 260 individuals with diabetes who met the inclusion criteria and volunteered to participate in the study. Data collection forms included a questionnaire form, Hens arling's Diabetes Family Support Scale, and the Diabetes-Specific Quality of Life Scale.Results: A statistically significant relationship was found between the family status score, which is the subdimension of the Quality of Life Scale, and the total score of Hensarling's Diabetes Family Support Scale and its subdimension scores. As the family status score increased, the total score of the Hensarling's Diabetes Family Support Scale increased as well. There was no statistically significant relationship between the scores of other subscales.Conclusion: As the score of the family status subscale of the Quality of Life Scale of the individuals with diabetes increased, the total score of the Family Support Scale and its subscales increased as well.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessDiabetesFamily supportQuality of lifeScience & technologyLife sciences & biomedicineMedicine, general & internalGeneral & internal medicineArticle00063279700003429930946110.17826/cumj.795338